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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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His explanation, that....
I saw this sentence in my textbook, "His explanation, that he couldn't see it, is unsatisfactory". But as far as I know, there must not be "commas" such as "The fact that S V..." or is there a different reason for the sentence? Thank you so much in advance.
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Commas are fine in this sentence as you are stating the explanation. " means.
- Commas are fine in this sentence as you are stating the explanation.
- " means.
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Commas are fine in this sentence as you are stating the explanation. I don't know what "The fact that S V..." means.
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His explanation that he couldn't see it is unsatisfactory.
There is no reason to use commas here. That he couldn't see it defines explanation.
The fact that he was nervous showed that there was something amiss.
No commas here, either.
There is no reason to use commas here. That he couldn't see it defines explanation.
The fact that he was nervous showed that there was something amiss.
No commas here, either.
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Then, is there a meaning difference between 'His explanation, that he couldn't...'and His explanation that he couldn't...' And what I meant is that 'the fact that he couldn't see it is not true'. I have learned that 'the fact' can be attached to 'that clause' without any comma, so I was thinking that 'explanation' is also attached to that clause as an equa
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