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Telltale Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Comma Question
So I understand joining two independent clauses with a comma and a conjunction, but sometimes I see a sentence that uses a comma without a conjunction that isn't an introduction.
Here's an example:
With chocolate for dessert, we just couldn't help ourselves.
Why would you put a comma there?
Here's an example:
With chocolate for dessert, we just couldn't help ourselves.
Why would you put a comma there?
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Hi Telltale, Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. I would indeed put the comma there.
- Hi Telltale, Thanks for joining us.
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- I would indeed put the comma there.
- ) The phrase "with chocolate for dessert" doesn't make it as a clause.
- " Perhaps you can find an example where two clauses are joined by a comma.
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Hi Telltale, Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums.
I would indeed put the comma there. (I usually overpunctuate!)
The phrase "with chocolate for dessert" doesn't make it as a clause. I'd call it a prepositional phrase, modifying the subject of the sentence, "We."
Perhaps you can find an
I would indeed put the comma there. (I usually overpunctuate!)
The phrase "with chocolate for dessert" doesn't make it as a clause. I'd call it a prepositional phrase, modifying the subject of the sentence, "We."
Perhaps you can find an
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