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Ryansamturner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Can someone review this sentence. (Commas)
Can someone look at this and advise if you think I should remove any commas etc?
Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible, so I could be by my wife’s side, so I could hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go anywhere over the speed limit.
Thanks
Ryan
Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible, so I could be by my wife’s side, so I could hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go anywhere over the speed limit.
Thanks
Ryan
Top answer
Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could be by my wife’s side, so I could hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go over the speed limit. Your comma wasn't wrong, but it was unneccessary, and I think the sentence is better without it. Many people would remove the comma after "hospital", and that would be OK, too, but I left it in because it is proper.
- Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could be by my wife’s side, so I could hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go over the speed limit.
- Your comma wasn't wrong, but it was unneccessary, and I think the sentence is better without it.
- Many people would remove the comma after "hospital", and that would be OK, too, but I left it in because it is proper.
- "Anywhere" was puzzling.
- Speaking of punctuation: "Can someone look at this and advise if you think I should remove any commas , etc .
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Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could be by my wife’s side, so I could hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go over the speed limit.
Your comma wasn't wrong, but it was unneccessary, and I think the sentence is better without it. Many people would remove the comma after "hospita
Your comma wasn't wrong, but it was unneccessary, and I think the sentence is better without it. Many people would remove the comma after "hospita
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I would remove the comma after the first so and remove the second occurrence of so I could.
Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could be by my wife’s side and hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go anywhere over the speed limit.
Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could be by my wife’s side and hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go anywhere over the speed limit.
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Hi,
ryansamturner Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible, so I could be by my wife’s side, so I could hold her hand and support her, but for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car, so I couldn’t go anywhere over the speed limit.Your sentence is problematic for a variety
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Obviously, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible so I could be by my wife’s side TO hold her hand and support her. But for most of the drive to the hospital, I was followed by a police car AND I couldn’t go anywhere over the speed limit.
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