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English 1b3 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Grammar--Punctuation
What it was was a mouse crawling down the gutter.
What it was, was a mouse crawling down the gutter.
I believe we shouldn't punctuate this with a comma, but a simple google search of google books says otherwise. How would you punctuate it?
Ta
What it was, was a mouse crawling down the gutter.
I believe we shouldn't punctuate this with a comma, but a simple google search of google books says otherwise. How would you punctuate it?
Ta
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Yes, tricky. I wouldn't use such a comma unless its omission made the sentence structure very murky. It is obviously inserted by others because they fear murkiness where none exists, really.
- Yes, tricky.
- I wouldn't use such a comma unless its omission made the sentence structure very murky.
- It is obviously inserted by others because they fear murkiness where none exists, really.
- (What your sentence reminds me of, of course, is the great Andy Griffith monologue: )
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Yes, tricky. I wouldn't use such a comma unless its omission made the sentence structure very murky. It is obviously inserted by others because they fear murkiness where none exists, really.
(What your sentence reminds me of, of course, is the great Andy Griffith monologue:
(What your sentence reminds me of, of course, is the great Andy Griffith monologue:
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