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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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0 My teacher left me a comment about my comma usage...i am reworking some of my paper and i want to know if this is proper comma usage. I have always had problems with proper comma useage. 02 br
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00 "Earlier in the development of the poem, Kinnell uses an extended metaphor as he describes a flowering bud, which delineates and sets forth the timbre of the poem as previously described: (insert quoted text)." 02 br
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00 Is there a better way to write this? 0-
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00 "Earlier in the development of the poem, Kinnell uses an extended metaphor as he describes a flowering bud, which delineates and sets forth the timbre of the poem as previously described: (insert quoted text)." 02 br
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00 Is there a better way to write this? 0-
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" If you want to stick with uses, then go with early. ) 0-
- " If you want to stick with uses, then go with early.
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0 The question that arises from your original is whether it's the bud or the metaphor that "delineates and sets forth..." 02 br
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00 Put a period after bud, and start with "This metaphor..." 02 br
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00 (With "Earlier" I would expect "used" not "uses." If you want to stick with uses, then go with early. Earlier creates an expectation of a sequent of tenses.)
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00 Put a period after bud, and start with "This metaphor..." 02 br
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00 (With "Earlier" I would expect "used" not "uses." If you want to stick with uses, then go with early. Earlier creates an expectation of a sequent of tenses.)
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