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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Comma after concerning
Hello,
can anybody tell me if I have to put a comma after innovativeness or not?
Concerning the industrial design innovativeness(,) Mike and Jakob did not find a significance.
Thank you very much
Lisa
can anybody tell me if I have to put a comma after innovativeness or not?
Concerning the industrial design innovativeness(,) Mike and Jakob did not find a significance.
Thank you very much
Lisa
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As a rule, when participle phrase is used in a context, a comma is usually required. However, your sentnece makes little sense. Do you mean to say: "Mike and Bob have found no significant innovativeness in the industrial design"?
- As a rule, when participle phrase is used in a context, a comma is usually required.
- However, your sentnece makes little sense.
- Do you mean to say: "Mike and Bob have found no significant innovativeness in the industrial design"?
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As a rule, when participle phrase is used in a context, a comma is usually required. However, your sentnece makes little sense.
Do you mean to say: "Mike and Bob have found no significant innovativeness in the industrial design"?
Do you mean to say: "Mike and Bob have found no significant innovativeness in the industrial design"?
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Hi Goodman,
may be this sentence is better:
Concerning the industrial design innovativeness(,) Mike and Bob did not find a systematic pattern(,) which gave any indication that the importance of first-to-market strategy varies for different branches.
Is the comma after innovativeness required? And what about the other comma after pattern, is this one required?
may be this sentence is better:
Concerning the industrial design innovativeness(,) Mike and Bob did not find a systematic pattern(,) which gave any indication that the importance of first-to-market strategy varies for different branches.
Is the comma after innovativeness required? And what about the other comma after pattern, is this one required?
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Anon,
Go back and read my last post. "Concerning the industrial design innovativeness..." is a particple phrase, a comma is almost always required.
I am not sure why you are so hung up with "concerning". You added a few fancy words to your original sentence trying to improve the tone but regrettingly made it harder for reader to understand.
Concerning
Go back and read my last post. "Concerning the industrial design innovativeness..." is a particple phrase, a comma is almost always required.
I am not sure why you are so hung up with "concerning". You added a few fancy words to your original sentence trying to improve the tone but regrettingly made it harder for reader to understand.
Concerning
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Anonymous
Concerning the industrial design innovativeness(,) Mike and Bob did not find a systematic pattern(,) which gave any indication that the importance of first-to-market strategy varies for different branches.
Is the comma after innovativeness required? And what about the other comma after pattern, is this one required?
Thank you very much
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