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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

How to tell commas in conversation?

This is the traditional Korean dish "samgyetang," stuffed with rice, ginseng, garlic and other herbs.
The chicken ginseng soup, with its unique fresh taste, is the must-have meal for Koreans during the scorching summer heat.


I know that to answer this question properly, cultural background is ,of course, needed, but I will tryEmotion: smile

I think that there is no problem in the sentences but in conversation, we cannot hear of commas and then I was wondering if 'The chicken ginseng soup with its unique fresh taste is...' without commas has the same meaning as the original sentence?

I think that there is not another kind of chicken ginseng soup in the world, so it is unnatural to use it without commas and if there is another kind of it, in this situation, we do not try to separate it from others. So I think that 'with its unique fresh taste' functions as an adverbial phrase and means the reason for the must-have meal.

So although it is not possible to hear of the existence of commas in conversation, we can figure it out using common sense, right?

To make it easier for native English speakers, I will change the food.

The cream chowder soup with its unique fresh taste is the must-have meal...

Is the sentence natural to use or should we separate with its unique fresh taste from the cream chowder soup because there is no another kind of the soup not having its unique fresh taste.

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual and I hope my question is clear enough.
  

Top answer

Hans51 I hope my question is clear enough. It is not. There are no commas in speech; there are pauses.

  • Hans51 I hope my question is clear enough.
  • It is not.
  • There are no commas in speech; there are pauses.
  • So why are you concerned about commas—or why are you talking about conversation?
  • Which is it to be?
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Hans51 I hope my question is clear enough.
It is not. There are no commas in speech; there are pauses. So why are you concerned about commas—or why are you talking about conversation? Which is it to be?
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Thank you so much when I saw the sentence, there were commas but at the same time I listened to the sentence because it was on TV but there was no pause so I was confused.

Although there are commas in written English, there are no pauses in spoken English and then which one should I follow?
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Hans51Although there are commas in written English, there are no pauses in spoken English and then which one should I follow?
Say it as you heard it on TV.

CJ

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