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Heralding Heretic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Comma usage

Greetings and salutations,

Quite a few times I have read that it's incorrect to use a comma in front of a verb. Yet in the following sentence it feels to me that a comma is warranted there, or am I wrong?

"Well if you’re so unhappy with me, do you still want future sessions?"

On a side note, if anyone knows a good site with comma guidelines, I would be grateful. I have consulted with my good pal Google a few times, but I seem to find different sets of guidelines on different sites. Or is there no such thing as official comma guidelines?

Thanks.
  

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Heralding Heretic Quite a few times I have read that it's incorrect to use a comma in front of a verb. It's incorrect to separate a subject from its verb by a single comma. The President of the United States and his charming wife , came to lunch.

— Fivejedjon

  • Heralding Heretic Quite a few times I have read that it's incorrect to use a comma in front of a verb.
  • It's incorrect to separate a subject from its verb by a single comma.
  • The President of the United States and his charming wife , came to lunch.
  • - Wrong.
  • President Obama , looking rather tired , came to lunch.
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Heralding HereticQuite a few times I have read that it's incorrect to use a comma in front of a verb.
It's incorrect to separate a subject from its verb by a single comma.

The President of the United States and his charming wife, came to lunch. - Wrong.
President Obama
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Thank you for the clarification. I omitted the well altogether as I realized that I used it far to often in dialogue.
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