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Jhilly89 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Exclusion of comma

The following sentence requires revision with regard to grammatical errors:

Who would ever think, to look at this picture, that it was taken in February?

Is the comma after the word "think" and after the word "picture" to be omitted? Kindly explain.

  

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jhilly89 Is the comma after the word "think" and after the word "picture" to be omitted? Kindly explain. I think they are needed.

  • jhilly89 Is the comma after the word "think" and after the word "picture" to be omitted?
  • Kindly explain.
  • I think they are needed.
  • They are not necessary grammatically, but sometimes a comma is used to prevent misreading.
  • " He then runs headlong into "that" and has to backtrack.
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jhilly89Is the comma after the word "think" and after the word "picture" to be omitted? Kindly explain.

I think they are needed. They are not necessary grammatically, but sometimes a comma is used to prevent misreading. Here, without the commas, the reader sees "think to look at" and interprets the sentence as "How could it ever occur to anyone to look at t

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