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Nithila Posted 18 years ago
Mister Hawkes has compared traditional submarines to balloons. Submarines are built to go up and down by making themselves heavier or lighter than water.
what are the reson first sentence has comma?
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does it make change?
Mister Hawkes has compared traditional submarines to balloons. Submarines are built to go up and down by making themselves heavier , or lighter, than water.
if i change this sentence.Mister Hawkes has compared traditional submarines to balloons. Submarines are built to go up and down by making themselves heavier or lighter than water.
what are the reson first sentence has comma?
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The commas are purely stylistic. They suggest something like ... making themselves heavier (or, of course, as you can well imagine, lighter, depending on the need) than water.
- The commas are purely stylistic.
- They suggest something like ...
- making themselves heavier (or, of course, as you can well imagine, lighter, depending on the need) than water.
- The version without commas is far more neutral.
- CJ
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The commas are purely stylistic. They suggest something like
... making themselves heavier (or, of course, as you can well imagine, lighter, depending on the need) than water.
The version without commas is far more neutral.
CJ
... making themselves heavier (or, of course, as you can well imagine, lighter, depending on the need) than water.
The version without commas is far more neutral.
CJ
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