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Goronsky Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Comma Needed?
Would you go with #1 or #2 in each pair. No rewording, please. Not sure whether the comma is needed in each. What's your pick?
Pair 1
1. a two-hour forty-five-minute movie
2. a two-hour, forty-five-minute movie
Pair 2
1. Joe said, "Building the mall was a three-year eleven-month seven-day project."
2. Joe said, "Building the mall was a three-year, eleven-month, seven-day project."
Pair 3
1. Joe said, "The project took three years eleven months and seven days to complete."
2. 1. Joe said, "The project took three years, eleven months, and seven days to complete."
Thanks.
Pair 1
1. a two-hour forty-five-minute movie
2. a two-hour, forty-five-minute movie
Pair 2
1. Joe said, "Building the mall was a three-year eleven-month seven-day project."
2. Joe said, "Building the mall was a three-year, eleven-month, seven-day project."
Pair 3
1. Joe said, "The project took three years eleven months and seven days to complete."
2. 1. Joe said, "The project took three years, eleven months, and seven days to complete."
Thanks.
Top answer
2, 2, and 2.
- 2, 2, and 2.
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a two-hour and forty-five-minute snorefest
building the mall was a four-year project
the project took four-years to complete
Trust me, nobody would ever say, '3,11,7', ever, about a project.
You might say the gold spire on top of some tower took that long to
fabricate, ship and erect, ...if it was a story just about a gold spire;
but nobody, ever, refers to a mundane
building the mall was a four-year project
the project took four-years to complete
Trust me, nobody would ever say, '3,11,7', ever, about a project.
You might say the gold spire on top of some tower took that long to
fabricate, ship and erect, ...if it was a story just about a gold spire;
but nobody, ever, refers to a mundane
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