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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Comma Placement
Is the following correct grammar? Regardless, please tell me why if you can.
"Would you care to go to coffee later, Mary?"
"Would you care to go to coffee later, Mary?"
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Hi, Would you care to go to the café later, Mary? ] Correct as shown above. Would you care to do something is a formal, idiomatic expression.
- Hi, Would you care to go to the café later, Mary?
- ] Correct as shown above.
- Would you care to do something is a formal, idiomatic expression.
- Basically, we use this idiom to ask someone politely if they would like to do something.
- And yes, you should place a comma before Mary .
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Hi,
Would you care to go to the café later, Mary? [~ Would you like to go to the café later, Mary?]
Correct as shown above.
Would you care to do something is a formal, idiomatic expression. Basically, we use this idiom to ask
someone politely if they would like to do something.
And yes, you should place a comma before Mary.
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Would you care to go to the café later, Mary? [~ Would you like to go to the café later, Mary?]
Correct as shown above.
Would you care to do something is a formal, idiomatic expression. Basically, we use this idiom to ask
someone politely if they would like to do something.
And yes, you should place a comma before Mary.
R
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Hi,
Is the following correct grammar? Regardless, please tell me why if you can.
"Would you care to go to coffee later, Mary?"
Yes, put a comma there. The speaker would normally pause briefly there.
There are what you might call two conversational transactions in this
Is the following correct grammar? Regardless, please tell me why if you can.
"Would you care to go to coffee later, Mary?"
Yes, put a comma there. The speaker would normally pause briefly there.
There are what you might call two conversational transactions in this
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You can also say: "Would you like to go out for a coffee, Mary?"
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