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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Comma
"Under it, Ottawa will play a much smaller role in protecting people from harmful projects, while retaining the right to basically rubber-stamp big projects that powerful oil interests want."
Is the comma before "while" even necessary?
I see it as incorrect since splits the sentence into two clauses, which is not supposed to be.
Is the comma before "while" even necessary?
I see it as incorrect since splits the sentence into two clauses, which is not supposed to be.
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Hi, I would call the comma optional, and I prefer it. It's quite natural tp pause at such a point in a long sentence like this. The pause gives the reader or listener a few seconds to think about and understand what has just been said, before continuing with the long next part of the sentence.
- Hi, I would call the comma optional, and I prefer it.
- It's quite natural tp pause at such a point in a long sentence like this.
- The pause gives the reader or listener a few seconds to think about and understand what has just been said, before continuing with the long next part of the sentence.
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Hi,
I would call the comma optional, and I prefer it.
It's quite natural tp pause at such a point in a long sentence like this. The pause gives the reader or listener a few seconds to think about and understand what has just been said, before continuing with the long next part of
I would call the comma optional, and I prefer it.
It's quite natural tp pause at such a point in a long sentence like this. The pause gives the reader or listener a few seconds to think about and understand what has just been said, before continuing with the long next part of
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