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Tim Chen 8872 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
comma problems
I have some questions about the following sentence.
The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in the winter compared to the summer.
First, can i put a comma before compared?
If so, what's the difference between the one with comma and the one without it?
The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in the winter compared to the summer.
First, can i put a comma before compared?
If so, what's the difference between the one with comma and the one without it?
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The main advantage of putting a comma in would be to just break up the sentence a bit, as it's rather long. A better option might be to shorten it. The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in winter as in summer.
- The main advantage of putting a comma in would be to just break up the sentence a bit, as it's rather long.
- A better option might be to shorten it.
- The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in winter as in summer.
- Anyway, that's what I'd do.
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The main advantage of putting a comma in would be to just break up the sentence a bit, as it's rather long. A better option might be to shorten it.
The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in winter as in summer.
Anyway, that's what I'd do.
The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in winter as in summer.
Anyway, that's what I'd do.
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thanks....i would make the same sentence,too
FYI, that sentence is from an article.
What i want to know is:
when a sentence start with "Compared to...", a comma is necessary put behind the participle clause.
But if i put compared to... at the end of the sentence, would it essential to add a comma before the participle clause.
Someone said the original sentence is, "The da
FYI, that sentence is from an article.
What i want to know is:
when a sentence start with "Compared to...", a comma is necessary put behind the participle clause.
But if i put compared to... at the end of the sentence, would it essential to add a comma before the participle clause.
Someone said the original sentence is, "The da
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Tim Chen 8872 I have some questions about the following sentence.The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in the winter compared to the summer.First, can i put a comma before compared?If so, what's the difference between the one with comma and the one without it?No comma is needed, and the sentence is worse with it. A comma makes
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This is my opinion. Your sentence:
The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in the winter compared to the summer.
There are different ways to deliver the same core meaning. You can say
1)England consumes approximately twice the electricity daily during the summer as compared to the winter.
2)England's daily electricity consumption is roughly twice tha
The daily consumption of electricity in England is about twice as high in the winter compared to the summer.
There are different ways to deliver the same core meaning. You can say
1)England consumes approximately twice the electricity daily during the summer as compared to the winter.
2)England's daily electricity consumption is roughly twice tha
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