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HUBLOT Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Eight-year-old Grant from Maryland, writes...

Hi teachers,

Eight-year-old Grant from Maryland, writes the President, "there should be some changes in the law with guns. It's a free country, but I recommend there needs be [sic] a limit with guns."
http://news.yahoo.com/kids-write-letters-obama-gun-control-145252735--abc-news-politics.html

Do you think the first comma is necessary?
  

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HUBLOT Do you think the first comma is necessary? If that is the complete sentence, then it is incorrect in my opinion.

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  • HUBLOT Do you think the first comma is necessary?
  • If that is the complete sentence, then it is incorrect in my opinion.
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HUBLOTDo you think the first comma is necessary?
If that is the complete sentence, then it is incorrect in my opinion.
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Thanks a lot, AS. Emotion: smile

- Eight-year-old Grant from Maryland writes...
- Eight-year-old Grant, from Maryland, writ
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HUBLOT Which is correct?
The first is more sensible to me.
In the second one, the writer is suffering from commatitis, a writer's condition involving a predilection for the overuse of commas.
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