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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

commas or not

Hi,

Is it ungrammatical to use commas when writing:

"worked, and studied under, the"

Or the commas are optional in this case and I might as well keep them?

thanks,
  

Top answer

I'd avoid commas here: I worked and studied under the Nobel prize winner.

— Anonymous

  • I'd avoid commas here: I worked and studied under the Nobel prize winner.
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I'd avoid commas here: I worked and studied under the Nobel prize winner.
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Thanks! But the problem is that I already wrote it this way and was wondering if it would come across as a punctuation mistake or just as an idiosyncratic, but still acceptable, stylistic usage.
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Anonymous was wondering if it would come across as a punctuation mistake
Yes, it would. A compound verb cannot be separated from its subject by a comma.
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