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Snarf Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Commas Between Name Tags and Present Continuous Phrases

There needs to be commas between name tags and present continuous words, right? For example:

"Good," Jane said, walking away.

"Yes, I do!" Billy said, jumping up and down.

Those commas after "said" do need to be there, as I understand it, otherwise the name tags look too connected to the additional information. Or is it optional to put the comma?

Thanks.
  

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They are needed.

Clive
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That's what I thought. What about when the present continuous is used as a describer without anything following it, like so?

"I don't think so," she said smiling.

Should there be a pause after said?

Thanks.
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Yes, in my opinion.

I wouldn't call that Present Continuous. It's a Present Participle.

Clive
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Oh! So are the other two examples I gave present participle as well?
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