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Ducks1160 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Commas and things

The custom was to call once for each kill; but this was Angry Face's first and, in his excitement, he kept yelling.

The custom was to call once for each kill; but this was Angry Face's first, and in his excitement, he kept yelling.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?Emotion: dance
  

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Actually, neither is fully correct, but the first one is more correct. I would punctuate thus: The custom was to call once for each kill; but this was Angry Face's first, and, in his excitement, he kept yelling. You want to separate the phrase "in his excitement" with a pair of commas (if you can delete a phrase without ruining the sense, you need a pair of commas or a pair of dashes).

— Doctor D

  • Actually, neither is fully correct, but the first one is more correct.
  • I would punctuate thus: The custom was to call once for each kill; but this was Angry Face's first, and, in his excitement, he kept yelling.
  • You want to separate the phrase "in his excitement" with a pair of commas (if you can delete a phrase without ruining the sense, you need a pair of commas or a pair of dashes).
  • However, you also want a comma after"Angry Face's first" because "he kept yelling" is a complete sentence in itself.
  • " Hope this helps.
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Actually, neither is fully correct, but the first one is more correct. I would punctuate thus:

The custom was to call once for each kill; but this was Angry Face's first, and, in his excitement, he kept yelling.

You want to separate the phrase "in his excitement" with a pair of commas (if you can delete a phrase without ruining the sense, you need a pair of commas or a pa
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