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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
are the commas in the correct places ?
You can often find her at a salon, or at some drugstore, trying to find a new color for her hair.
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Yes, they're fine, if you want the reader to pause a bit after "salon". The one after "salon: is optional though: you can often find her at a salon or at some drugstore... etc.
- Yes, they're fine, if you want the reader to pause a bit after "salon".
- The one after "salon: is optional though: you can often find her at a salon or at some drugstore...
- etc.
- Probably others will tell you the one before "trying" is also optional if you omit the one after "salon," but I think it reads better with it.
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Yes, they're fine, if you want the reader to pause a bit after "salon". The one after "salon: is optional though: you can often find her at a salon or at some drugstore... etc.
Probably others will tell you the one before "trying" is also optional if you omit the one after "salon," but I think it reads better with it.
Probably others will tell you the one before "trying" is also optional if you omit the one after "salon," but I think it reads better with it.
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You could also keep the comma after "salon", but omit the one after "drugstore".
The implication would then be that the "trying to find a new color" only occurs at the drugstore. What she does at the salon is anybody's guess.
MrP
The implication would then be that the "trying to find a new color" only occurs at the drugstore. What she does at the salon is anybody's guess.
MrP
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