Correct usage in these examples.
The question is, are you prepared to pay.
What seems unlikely a few months ago, is now something that feels like a very tangible reality.
Are these wrong with the commas? Separating sub/verb.
There is a pause in these types of speech where the comma is so I wasn't sure?
Again on these examples. Is the comma optional?
When good rises a legend is born.
When darkness falls, the stars come out.
Filming lasted untill November.
Does this work as a stand-alone sentence? No subject?
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1. The question is: Are you prepared to pay? 2.
- 1.
- The question is: Are you prepared to pay?
- 2.
- What seemed unlikely a few months ago is now something that feels very real.
- 3.
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1. The question is: Are you prepared to pay?
2. What seemed unlikely a few months ago is now something that feels very real.
3. When good triumphs a legend is born.
4. When darkness falls the stars come out.
5. This is okay. The word "Filming" has a noun function and is the subject of the sentence.
0#3 and #4 must have commas, as they begin with adverb clauses (adverb+noun+verb).
- When good rises, a legend is born.
- When darkness falls, the stars come out.
Reading sentences aloud can help you hear/find a comma pause.
A comma is NOT necessary if the adverb clause comes after the main clause.
- A legend is born when good rises.
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