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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Internet access the potential to reach....

Today the Web might seem like a free-speech panacea: it has given anyone with Internet access the potential to reach a global audience. (from NYT.com)

Can I put a comma before the ptential?

The reason why a comma is omitted is the sentence is short enough to understand the meaning without a comma, right?

Can I replace 'reach' with 'reach out to'?

Thanks.
  

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Liveinjapan Can I put a comma before the ptential? No. You'll separate the verb ( has given ) from its direct object ( the potential ).

— CalifJim

  • Liveinjapan Can I put a comma before the ptential?
  • No.
  • You'll separate the verb ( has given ) from its direct object ( the potential ).
  • Liveinjapan The reason why a comma is omitted is the sentence is short enough to understand the meaning without a comma, right?
  • No.
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LiveinjapanCan I put a comma before the ptential?
No. You'll separate the verb (has given) from its direct object (the potential).
LiveinjapanThe reason why a comma is omitted is the sentence is short enough to understand the meaning without a comma, right?
No. It's as explained above. The verb is no
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Understand!
Thanks, CJ.
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