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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
From/to comma usage
Hello!
I have been trying to find information on comma usage when using from/to.
Ex: We provide a variety of positions from nurses to doctors.
Does this sentence need any commas? I almost want to write, "We provide a variety of positions, from nurses to doctors." I am not sure if that would be correct, though.
And what about cases like the following:
We provide a variety of positions from nurses to doctors and physical therapists to sports medicine doctors.
I'm working on a proposal and want to make sure I understand this correctly. If anyone has any reference websites, I would appreciate some links, as well. I've checked my copyeditor handbooks and my Elements of Style book and I can't find anything.
Thank you!
I have been trying to find information on comma usage when using from/to.
Ex: We provide a variety of positions from nurses to doctors.
Does this sentence need any commas? I almost want to write, "We provide a variety of positions, from nurses to doctors." I am not sure if that would be correct, though.
And what about cases like the following:
We provide a variety of positions from nurses to doctors and physical therapists to sports medicine doctors.
I'm working on a proposal and want to make sure I understand this correctly. If anyone has any reference websites, I would appreciate some links, as well. I've checked my copyeditor handbooks and my Elements of Style book and I can't find anything.
Thank you!
Top answer
I would definitely use the comma here. Normally, just to cause the reader to pause a second before continuing is not a very good reason to insert a comma, but I think it's a good enough reason in this case. A different, more awkward punctuation could be a colon, which I don't advocate here.
- I would definitely use the comma here.
- Normally, just to cause the reader to pause a second before continuing is not a very good reason to insert a comma, but I think it's a good enough reason in this case.
- A different, more awkward punctuation could be a colon, which I don't advocate here.
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I would definitely use the comma here. Normally, just to cause the reader to pause a second before continuing is not a very good reason to insert a comma, but I think it's a good enough reason in this case. A different, more awkward punctuation could be a colon, which I don't advocate here.
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