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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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00What better way to belittle and marginalize someone than to insist on calling them the wrong name01u00, after02u00 you've refused to so much as acknowledge their presence in your own home?02br
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00Why does the comma come before 'after'?02br
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0You think the comma should come after 'after'?0-
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0Hi there,02br
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00I read these sentences from a book, so I would like to ask if the comma is necessary there.02br
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00simon0-
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0 The comma indicates a pause. Perhaps a dash would have been better. It indicates a gap in the thought process. It indicates that what follows is almost something that came to mind suddenly. I can almost hear the word 01i00especially02i00 before 01i00after02i00.02br
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0 You can separate off the adverbial by a comma. 0-
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0Hi there,02br
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00Do you mean we can say: I went to bed01u00, after02u00 I had finished my housework.???02br
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00Simon0-
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0Hi there,02br
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00According to the Chicago Manual of Style,02br
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00A dependent clause that follows a main clause should 01i00not02i00 be preceded by a comma if it is restrictive, that is, essential to the meaning of the main clause. If it is merely supplementary or parenthetical, it should be preceded by a comma. (Note that t
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