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Teo Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

comma, because

1i001. Boy's bullying has always attracted attention01font00,02font00 because it is crudely obvious.02i02br
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01i002. The percentage or letter-marking system is better than the pass/fail system01font00,02font00 because marks motivate students to work harder.02i02br
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00Can I omit the comma before 01i00because02i00 in the above sentences? 0-
  

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0 Yes, you can omit the commas.02br
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1i001. Boy's bullying has always attracted attention01font00.02font00 Because it is crudely obvious.02i01font00 [Replace the full stop with a comma.]02font02br
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01i002. The percentage or letter-marking system is better than the pass/fail system01font
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0 Hi Teo, 02br
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00 I've looked through 'comma' section in 01u00Simon and Schuster02u00 'Handbook for Writers' and found out the following:02br
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00 First of all, your sentences have two parts, which are 'Independent sentence' and 'dependent clause'. For example, 02br
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0I wouldn't myself call either sentence incorrect, if the comma were omitted; but I would myself use one before "because" in each case.02br
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00(I find that among BrE writers, comma usage is quite varied. The usual tendency is to omit them where they're needed, and insert the ones you save thereby in wholly unnecessary places.)02br
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0 Nine times out of ten I find myself following the practices outlined by Louis.02br
00 But a comma before a because-clause seems correct to me when I want to show that the information in that clause is somewhat less connected to the main clause in terms of logic, i.e., when I want a sort of "by the way, this is because ..." feeling.02br
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1i001.01font00 Boy's bullying02font00 has always attracted attention01font00, b02font00ecause 01font00it 02font00is crudely obvious.02i01font00 02font02br
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0He's at home01b00,02b00 because I've just spoen to him.02br
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00He's at home because he's not feeling well.0-
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0Yes, Teo, those "he's at home" examples are exactly the kind of thing I was talking about. 050010id1
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0Yes; maybe:02br
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001. Where's Teo? 02br
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002. Why is Teo still at home? 02br
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01. He didn't go 01font00there 02font00because his sister was going to be there. (He did go there, but not because his sister was going to be there.)02br
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002. He didn't go 01font00there02font01b01font00,02font02b00 because his
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