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Innertide Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Comma?
Hi, In the Academic Writing Book from Macmillan, it's been said : when the effect or the result comes first, we don't use a comma before because or since.
but the rule has been applied to the following sentence provided as the example:
We should develop electric cars, since petrol is becoming scarce and expensive.
Is the comma required in the above sentence or not ?
Thanks.
H.
but the rule has been applied to the following sentence provided as the example:
We should develop electric cars, since petrol is becoming scarce and expensive.
Is the comma required in the above sentence or not ?
Thanks.
H.
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The comma is not required, and I wouldn't use one there, though to me it does not seem glaringly wrong. I might use a comma in a long and complicated sentence if I felt it helped the reader parse the sentence structure.
- The comma is not required, and I wouldn't use one there, though to me it does not seem glaringly wrong.
- I might use a comma in a long and complicated sentence if I felt it helped the reader parse the sentence structure.
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The comma is not required, and I wouldn't use one there, though to me it does not seem glaringly wrong. I might use a comma in a long and complicated sentence if I felt it helped the reader parse the sentence structure.
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