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Shelley R Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Comma Question

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Welcoome to the forums, Shelley R! I hope you will return for further questions, as this is about the best place on the internet to do so. The general rule is that if the subject changes between the two clauses, there is a comma.

  • Welcoome to the forums, Shelley R!
  • I hope you will return for further questions, as this is about the best place on the internet to do so.
  • The general rule is that if the subject changes between the two clauses, there is a comma.
  • } In your sentence, the understood subject [you] of the command stays the same, so I would not use the comma.
  • You might use the comma, or some other device, to cause a pause in the sentence, for emphasis.
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Welcoome to the forums, Shelley R! I hope you will return for further questions, as this is about the best place on the internet to do so.

The general rule is that if the subject changes between the two clauses, there is a comma. [I sent the package, and Mary received it the next day.}

In your sentence, the understood subject [you] of the command stays the same, so I would not

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