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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Comma or not?
Tim looked very happy, while Tom looked very sad.
Comma or not?
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Assuming it is a contrastive "while", yes, use a comma. If it was a concurrent "while" then you would not use a comma, but this meaning seems unlikely to be intended, to the point where omission of a comma may look more like a mistake anyway.
- Assuming it is a contrastive "while", yes, use a comma.
- If it was a concurrent "while" then you would not use a comma, but this meaning seems unlikely to be intended, to the point where omission of a comma may look more like a mistake anyway.
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Assuming it is a contrastive "while", yes, use a comma.
If it was a concurrent "while" then you would not use a comma, but this meaning seems unlikely to be intended, to the point where omission of a comma may look more like a mistake anyway.
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