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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
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Bracketing commas.
(1)These findings, we would suggest, cast doubt upon his hypothesis. (2)These findings cast doubt upon his hypothesis. (3)These findings we would suggest cast doubt upon his hypothesis. Should the information inside bracketing commas flow within the sentence whether you take the out or not grammatically. Does (3) work as it is? It sounds separate as you read it out but why in terms of the contrast of the below example. Example: We had been to the park before and at first was pleased, to see the natural beauty, and settled down on the bench.
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panda blue 483 Does (3) work as it is? No, not well. panda blue 483 Example: We had been to the park before and at first was pleased, to see the natural beauty, and settled down on the bench.
- panda blue 483 Does (3) work as it is?
- No, not well.
- panda blue 483 Example: We had been to the park before and at first was pleased, to see the natural beauty, and settled down on the bench.
- I see no obvious connection between this sentence and the original trio.
- Typically we would expect "pleased to see" to be a phrase, in which case the comma after "pleased", at least, is wrong.
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panda blue 483Does (3) work as it is?
No, not well.
panda blue 483 Example: We had been to the park before and at first was pleased, to see the natural beauty, and settled down on the bench.
I see no obvious connection between this sentence and the original trio. Typically we would expect "pleased to see" to be a p
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