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Rosa1971 Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Commas

Dear Forum

Please can you help with the following sentence - I'm not exactly sure if there is a comma after the word "word"...

"If you can spot a misplaced comma, a rogue apostrrophe, a missing or mispelled word, this could be your opportunity."

Also the dictionary says that there are two spellings of mispelled - mispelt - which one is more correct or more modern?

Many many thanks

Rosa
  

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Well Rosa, you have managed to misspell both 'misspelled' and 'misspelt'! I think that the regular form is assuming wider usage than the irregular form. Yes, a comma after 'word' makes the meaning more clear-- and that is the main job of commas, clarification.

— Mister Micawber

  • Well Rosa, you have managed to misspell both 'misspelled' and 'misspelt'!
  • I think that the regular form is assuming wider usage than the irregular form.
  • Yes, a comma after 'word' makes the meaning more clear-- and that is the main job of commas, clarification.
  • There is an elided 'then' after that comma, which would make the sentence structure even more straightforward.
  • And you could lose an 'a' from 'apostrophe' too....
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Well Rosa, you have managed to misspell both 'misspelled' and 'misspelt'! I think that the regular form is assuming wider usage than the irregular form.

Yes, a comma after 'word' makes the meaning more clear-- and that is the main job of commas, clarification. There is an elided 'then' after that comma, which would make the sentence structure even more straightforward.

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