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Beardog Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Comma usage

He explains that however different the tempi of the individual variations are from their earlier counterparts, each series as a whole is grounded by one central theme.
  

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If you are going to place a comma after 'counterparts', then you should really place one before 'however' also. And it would help the reader breath and think. I would also use 'grounded in ' rather than 'by'; 'by' suggests to me that its central theme bogs each series down.

— Mister Micawber

  • If you are going to place a comma after 'counterparts', then you should really place one before 'however' also.
  • And it would help the reader breath and think.
  • I would also use 'grounded in ' rather than 'by'; 'by' suggests to me that its central theme bogs each series down.
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If you are going to place a comma after 'counterparts', then you should really place one before 'however' also. And it would help the reader breath and think. I would also use 'grounded in' rather than 'by'; 'by' suggests to me that its central theme bogs each series down.
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Thanks for this message, and also your other one. I need help with a few others, fast! Are you available?
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Thanks for this. I hadn't realized that 'grounded by' gave that connotation in this instance, but I take your point. However, 'grounded in' then is very close to 'inner pulse', so we have a lot of 'ins'!
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I don't see 'inner pulse' but that is not a lot of 'in's in any case.
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Mister MicawberI don't see 'inner pulse' but that is not a lot of 'in's in any case.

Sorry, that was in the original text!

Re the comma after 'that' and before 'however', a friend of mine argues that:

"True, but if you leave out the first three words you again have a complete sentence, with a comma after 'counterparts' only because t
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Please note the rule bolded below-- it is certainly not relevant to English:

From the internet:

The German comma rules are very annoying...
anyway...here are SOME easy ones

>>always a comma before the word "aber", "sondern"
Ich bin jung, aber erfahren. = I'm young but experienced
Keinen Apfel, sondern eine Birne. = No apple but
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Hi, I think my friend meant that he thought of this rule:

>> most of the time before "dass"
Er sagte mir, dass du gelogen hast.

So, in my text, "Er sagte mir" would be equivalent to 'He explains that".
I appreciate your feedback so much--I actually did it your way first, before he started going on about the German usage (I'm learning G
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Er sagte mir, dass du gelogen hast.--And this is completely wrong in English punctuation.
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Yes, but my friend meant that is similar to putting the comma in after "that" in my phrase: "He explains that, however different..."
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It's not. But I'm done here. I am tired of arguing with your friend.
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