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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Comma before Adjective?

She added, dreamily.

In the sentence above, does there need to be a comma?
  

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It is assumed, I suppose, that she is totaling up a column of numbers? The comma is not needed. CJ

— CalifJim

  • It is assumed, I suppose, that she is totaling up a column of numbers?
  • The comma is not needed.
  • CJ
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It is assumed, I suppose, that she is totaling up a column of numbers?

The comma is not needed.

CJ
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Hi,



She added / subtracted / multiplied / divided dreamily.



Sounds like she's not paying attention in her math class.
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Just one more point. The title of your thread refers to an adjective. It's an adverb.
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Hi Barb,



Glad someone doesn't just go for the cheap laugh.Emotion: stick out tongue



Clive
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Oh, I'm really sleepy. What cheap laugh? Emotion: thinking
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There was no context provided by the OP. I thought there was a conversation going on and "she added" was another way of saying "she supplemented". Could a comma be used in such a case to indicate a pause for stylistic purpose?
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PterCould a comma be used in such a case
A comma can be used in either case, for stylistic reasons.

CJ
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Hi,

There was no context provided by the OP. I thought there was a conversation going on and "she added" was another way of saying "she supplemented".

I thought about that, but I find it hard to think of a realistic context in which the sentence with that meaning would just contain those three words. The sentence would normally specify the object, ie what she added.

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