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Panda blue 483 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Comma usage.

The first time I heard this song I was at a friends house.


Should they're be a comma after song ?


I heard this song

Is that a complete sentence in of itself? What is missing?


Otherwise a comma would be a splice.






  

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No comma is needed after "song" in the first sentence. One could be put in, for stylistic reasons, if you wanted to emphasize that there is a pause after "song," in speech. " would not be considered a standalone sentence.

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  • No comma is needed after "song" in the first sentence.
  • One could be put in, for stylistic reasons, if you wanted to emphasize that there is a pause after "song," in speech.
  • " would not be considered a standalone sentence.
  • It needs to have more words in it.
  • " is not a complete sentence.
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No comma is needed after "song" in the first sentence. One could be put in, for stylistic reasons, if you wanted to emphasize that there is a pause after "song," in speech.


"I heard this song." would not be considered a standalone sentence. It needs to have more words in it. For example: "I heard this song on the radio." But the words "The first time" changes it into an incompl

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panda blue 483

The first time I heard this song I was at a friend's house.

Should they're there be a comma after song? No, unless you really want one.

I he

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panda blue 483Should they're be a comma after song ?

"there"

Yes. It is required. The sentence is an inverted version of "I was at a friend's house the first time I heard this song." The comma marks the inversion for the reader.

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