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Tamguatlay Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is a comma before 'while' needed?

Mary talked about her past relationship problems with her son, while Peter shared honestly his marital woes.

Is a comma before 'while' needed?

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` It's not necessary, but I'd use a comma there to split up the long sentence. It's where you'd take a breath when reading it aloud. In a shorter sentence, I'd write 'Mary talked while Peter listened'.

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  • ` It's not necessary, but I'd use a comma there to split up the long sentence.
  • It's where you'd take a breath when reading it aloud.
  • In a shorter sentence, I'd write 'Mary talked while Peter listened'.
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It's not necessary, but I'd use a comma there to split up the long sentence. It's where you'd take a breath when reading it aloud.

In a shorter sentence, I'd write 'Mary talked while Peter listened'.
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