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Eff Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Commas in these particular cases

Hi everybody,
I read a handout about using commas in English, but I´m still not sure in these 4 cases. Could you please help me? Thank you.

- You can find the famous Old Course there and the British Golf Museum, tracing the development of this royal game.

- When in crowded places, visitors should be aware of pickpockets.
  

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- - No comma; the clause defines the museum. - When in crowded places, visitors should be aware of pickpockets. -- Yes, fronted adverbial clause takes a comma.

— Mister Micawber

  • - - No comma; the clause defines the museum.
  • - When in crowded places, visitors should be aware of pickpockets.
  • -- Yes, fronted adverbial clause takes a comma.
  • - Among his most renowned works of this genre, I should mention Waverly, Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.
  • -- Yes, fronted adverbial phrase takes a comma.
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- You can find the famous Old Course there and the British Golf Museum tracing the development of this royal game.-- No comma; the clause defines the museum.
- When in crowded places, visitors should be aware of pickpockets.-- Yes, fronted adverbial clause takes a comma.


- Among his most renowned work
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Thank you so much!
And what if the first sentence would be modified: You can find the famous Old Course there and the British Golf Museum which traces the development of this royal game.
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If it is defining, do this:

You can find the famous Old Course there and the British Golf Museum that traces the development of this royal game.

If you wish it to be non-defining, I think you have to recast the sentence slightly:

You can find there the famous Old Course and the British Golf Museum, which traces the development of thi
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