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Onelook Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Comma after that

Just try to remember that even if you are injured, we won't be able to evacuate you out of this place before the mission is over.


Do we need to put a comma after injured? I heard that if you have the word if after that you don't put a comma, but I might be confusing it to another similar rule.

  

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Yes. Technically, you should place commas around "even if you are injured" because the nominal clause is "that we won't be able . " But most people ignore the first comma after that but add one after injured.

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  • Yes.
  • Technically, you should place commas around "even if you are injured" because the nominal clause is "that we won't be able .
  • " But most people ignore the first comma after that but add one after injured.
  • Hope this helps.
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Yes. Technically, you should place commas around "even if you are injured" because the nominal clause is "that we won't be able . . ." which is interrupted by the adverbial clause "even if you are injured." But most people ignore the first comma after that but add one after injured.

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No comma belongs in the sentence at all. "Even if you are injured" is an adverb just like "now". You can't break out any phrases because they are all essential to the meaning.

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