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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Comma placement question
Would you place the comma in this sentence before or after the conjunction?
Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and time allowing create small plates for them to rest on.
I wasn't sure if it would be written as this: Teams will paint their pies with underglaze, and time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on.
Or like this: Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and, time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on.
There wouldn't normally be a comma before the "and" because it's not combining two independent clauses. However, I'm questioning this because I'm not sure if the "and" is part of the aside, which would make "and time allowing" be set off with commas.
Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and time allowing create small plates for them to rest on.
I wasn't sure if it would be written as this: Teams will paint their pies with underglaze, and time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on.
Or like this: Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and, time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on.
There wouldn't normally be a comma before the "and" because it's not combining two independent clauses. However, I'm questioning this because I'm not sure if the "and" is part of the aside, which would make "and time allowing" be set off with commas.
Top answer
Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and, time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on. time allowing ' is an aside. Clive
- Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and, time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on.
- time allowing ' is an aside.
- Clive
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Teams will paint their pies with underglaze and, time allowing, create small plates for them to rest on.
time allowing' is an aside.
Clive
time allowing' is an aside.
Clive
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