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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Comma Use When Beginning a Sentence with a List
1.) Apples, oranges, and pears are my favourite fruits.
2.) Apples, oranges, and pears, are my favourite fruits.
Is the additional comma (after pears) in the second example necessary/correct?
Thank you and hello.
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) Apples, oranges, and pears are my favourite fruits. This is the correct one. Anonymous Is the additional comma (after pears) in the second example necessary/correct?
- ) Apples, oranges, and pears are my favourite fruits.
- This is the correct one.
- Anonymous Is the additional comma (after pears) in the second example necessary/correct?
- It's wrong because it puts a comma between the subject and verb.
- That's against the rules.
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Anonymous1.) Apples, oranges, and pears are my favourite fruits.
This is the correct one.
AnonymousIs the additional comma (after pears) in the second example necessary/correct?
It's wrong because it puts a comma between the subject and verb. That's against the rules.
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AnonymousThank youand hello.
We don't say 'hello' at the end. 'Hello' is only used at the beginning, when you first meet someone. It is rarely used in the forum format at all.
CJ
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