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Perfect Stranger Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
[comma] A comma here makes a big difference?
Dear Users,
In the following question is it OK to separate the two cities by a comma? Or do I have to rewrite the whole thing and add and how many days in Kyoto?
How many days do you want to stay in Osaka, and Kyoto?
As far as I understand, by not adding the comma, we would have another meaning suggesting that a person will stay an X in both Osaka and Kyoto (not, say 3 days in the former, and 5 days in the latter)
Thanks
In the following question is it OK to separate the two cities by a comma? Or do I have to rewrite the whole thing and add and how many days in Kyoto?
How many days do you want to stay in Osaka, and Kyoto?
As far as I understand, by not adding the comma, we would have another meaning suggesting that a person will stay an X in both Osaka and Kyoto (not, say 3 days in the former, and 5 days in the latter)
Thanks
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Perfect Stranger In the following question is it OK to separate the two cities by a comma? No. Your meaning is too succinct to interpret.
- Perfect Stranger In the following question is it OK to separate the two cities by a comma?
- No.
- Your meaning is too succinct to interpret.
- Perfect Stranger Or do I have to rewrite the whole thing and add and how many days in Kyoto?
- That would be good, but this would be OK: How many days do you want to stay in Osaka and then in Kyoto?
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Perfect StrangerIn the following question is it OK to separate the two cities by a comma?No. Your meaning is too succinct to interpret.
Perfect StrangerOr do I have to rewrite the whole thing and add and how many days in Kyoto?That would be good, but this would be OK:
How many days do you want to stay in Osaka
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