So, as a rule of thumb if you remove a word or clause which has been enclosed with bracketing commas then it shouldn't destroy the meaning of the sentence.
Does this idea/rule apply to all aspects of sentence construction and comma usage; the notion that any isolated information in a sentence must not leave anything ungrammatical should it be removed ?
panda blue 483 as a rule of thumb if you remove a word or clause which has been enclosed with bracketing commas then it shouldn't destroy the meaning of the sentence. I don't think that's true. panda blue 483 the notion that any isolated information in a sentence must not leave anything ungrammatical should it be removed That is of course true.
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panda blue 483as a rule of thumb if you remove a word or clause which has been enclosed with bracketing commas then it shouldn't destroy the meaning of the sentence.
I don't think that's true.
panda blue 483the notion that any isolated information in a sentence must not leave anything ungrammatical should it be removed