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Anon006 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Commas?

Are the commas okay?

I never asked, how, are you doing in the class and in general?

  

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I never asked, how, are you doing in the class and in general? Are the commas okay? " It's customary to put a comma before quoted speech.

— Clive

  • I never asked, how, are you doing in the class and in general?
  • Are the commas okay?
  • " It's customary to put a comma before quoted speech.
  • _________________________________________________________________________________________ INDIRECT SPEECH: I never asked how you were doing in the class and in general.
  • No commas are necessary.
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I never asked, how, are you doing in the class and in general? Are the commas okay?

DIRECT SPEECH: I never asked, "How are you doing in the class and in general?"
It's customary to put a comma before quoted speech.

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INDIRECT SPEECH: I never asked how you were doing in the class

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anon006Are the commas okay?

No.

anon006I never asked, how, are you doing in the class and in general?

There are a couple of ways to punctuate that. One is

"I never asked—how are you doing in the class and in general?"

and another is

"I never asked. How are you doing in the class and in general?"

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