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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Comma Usage
"The ordeal took three weeks to pass, explained Chief Constable Mark Williams."
When the writing contains a reporting verb without the surrounding quotation marks, why is the comma still being used as a separator? This type of construction is particularly prevalent in top newspapers (the Guardian, the Telegraph, etc.).
Is this a contrived example of a nonessential comma being deployed--i. e., the material after the comma could he omitted with what remains still making sense?
Thanks for any responses I may receive.
When the writing contains a reporting verb without the surrounding quotation marks, why is the comma still being used as a separator? This type of construction is particularly prevalent in top newspapers (the Guardian, the Telegraph, etc.).
Is this a contrived example of a nonessential comma being deployed--i. e., the material after the comma could he omitted with what remains still making sense?
Thanks for any responses I may receive.
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Please clarify. Are the double quotes yours or the newspaper's? " The ordeal took three weeks to pass, explained Chief Constable Mark Williams.
- Please clarify.
- Are the double quotes yours or the newspaper's?
- " The ordeal took three weeks to pass, explained Chief Constable Mark Williams.
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Please clarify. Are the double quotes yours or the newspaper's?
"The ordeal took three weeks to pass, explained Chief Constable Mark Williams."
"The ordeal took three weeks to pass, explained Chief Constable Mark Williams."
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