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Fiercepotatohot Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
comma and past tense usage
I'm reading a book called "My early life" by Winston Churchill.
"I was working in the saloon of the Indiaman, and had reached an exciting point in my story."
1) why did he put comma before "and had reached"? Is it because the tense was different from "I was..."
2) I'm confused of the order of these two events. So, he reached an exciting point and then he found himself working in the saloon? Or it's the opposite?
Thank you for reading this!
"I was working in the saloon of the Indiaman, and had reached an exciting point in my story."
1) why did he put comma before "and had reached"? Is it because the tense was different from "I was..."
2) I'm confused of the order of these two events. So, he reached an exciting point and then he found himself working in the saloon? Or it's the opposite?
Thank you for reading this!
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sung min Lee 1) why did he put comma before "and had reached"? " No; it is a 1930s style choice. Nowadays separation of compound predicates with a single comma is eschewed.
- sung min Lee 1) why did he put comma before "and had reached"?
- " No; it is a 1930s style choice.
- Nowadays separation of compound predicates with a single comma is eschewed.
- sung min Lee 2) I'm confused of the order of these two events.
- So, he reached an exciting point and then he found himself working in the saloon?
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sung min Lee1) why did he put comma before "and had reached"? Is it because the tense was different from "I was..."No; it is a 1930s style choice. Nowadays separation of compound predicates with a single comma is eschewed.
sung min Lee2) I'm confused of the order of these two events. So, he reached an exciting point and then he found h
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