Are these statements grammatically good?

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Are these statements grammatically good?

You know the saying, “Money can’t buy happiness”? In my experience, it’s true. I used to answer it with “Anyone who says it just doesn’t know where to shop.”

Wilpeter · Accepted Answer

I would add two more commas. You have correctly placed one after “saying” (to separate it from the quote); so do the same in the last sentence (placing it after “with”.)
You correctly labelled the pause in the sentence “In my experience, it’s true”; so do the same in the last quote, “Anyone who says it, just doesn’t know where to shop.”

GPY · Answer

I differ on this one. I would not put a comma after "saying" or after "with". Logically, in my opinion, there should not be a comma before "just" either. "Illogical" commas are, however, sometimes inserted when there is otherwise a risk of misparsing. It could be argued that the last sentence falls into this category, but my opinion is that it doesn't quite.

Ozzourti · Answer

I agree with GPY on all counts.

MrGuedes · Answer

You know the saying, “Money can’t buy happiness”? In my experience, it’s true. I used to answer it with “Anyone who says it just doesn’t know where to shop.”

It seems good to me. I might just suggest remove the comma after "saying", because there is no grammatical need for a comma before a quote. That would be about all.

wilpeterYou have correctly placed one [comma] after “saying” (to separate it from the quote); so do the same in the last sentence (placing it after “with”.)

I'm sorry to disagree with you, but I find no need for a comma before a quote, since the quotation marks are already there to identify it.

wilpeterYou correctly labelled the pause in the sentence “In my experience, it’s true”; so do the same in the last quote, “Anyone who says it, just doesn’t know where to shop.”

The comma after "experience" is correct, because "in my experience" is a circumstantial complement, which must be separated from the main clause of the sentence with a comma.
But I think the second comma you recommend is ungrammatical, because "anyone who says it" is the subject of the sentence in the quote, and, as I learnt, you should never separate the subject from the predicate with a comma, because it is the subject and the predicate of a sentence altogether that make up the main clause, which should never be broken up (except if it is "interrupted" by another complement).

RandomGuy · Answer

MrGuedes "in my experience" is a circumstantial complement ... (except if it is "interrupted" by another complement).

The term you’re looking for is ‘adjunct’. In my experience is an adjunct in In my experience, it’s true (where the comma is actually optional) and Anyone who says it, in my experience, just doesn’t know where to shop.

MrGuedes · Answer

Aspara GusThe term you’re looking for is ‘adjunct’. In my experience is an adjunct in In my experience, it’s true (where the comma is actually optional) and Anyone who says it, in my experience, just doesn’t know where to shop.

Oh! OK. I didn't know that word. I was thinking about the Portuguese name I had learnt. Thanks!

Wilpeter · Answer

GPY"Illogical" commas are, however, sometimes inserted when there is otherwise a risk of misparsing

I agree with the comments. I usually err in favour of too many rather than too few commas. I went, in this post with consistency, assuming that this was part of a document in which commas were being used generously. My bad!

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