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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

begging for money

Can I say,

The man is sitting by the roadside begging for money.
  

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I would use a comma between roadside and begging. Nobody would assume that the roadside is begging for money, but the comma makes it a little clearer.
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Good point. I come from the world of newspaper journalism, where, you may have noticed, commas are used less than anywhere else! --sandy

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