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Futurehuman11 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
is a comma needed before 'when'? why/why not?
This mirrors the collaboration between the moneylenders and kings in the Middle Ages when the Jew shared the proceeds from his lucrative business with the king in return for protection.
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Futurehuman11 This mirrors the collaboration between the moneylenders and kings in the Middle Ages when the Jew shared the proceeds from his lucrative business with the king in return for protection. I would use the comma. Nonrestrictive clause is the reason.
- Futurehuman11 This mirrors the collaboration between the moneylenders and kings in the Middle Ages when the Jew shared the proceeds from his lucrative business with the king in return for protection.
- I would use the comma.
- Nonrestrictive clause is the reason.
- I'll allow others more proficient to elaborate.
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Futurehuman11I would use the comma. Nonrestrictive clause is the reason. I'll allow others more proficient to elaborate.
This mirrors the collaboration between the moneylenders and kings in the Middle Ages when the Jew shared the proceeds from his lucrative business with the king in return for protection.
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Temporal clauses are neither restrictive nor nonrestrictive. No comma is needed but if you want to use one, go ahead. There is normally no comma before conjunctions such as if, when, and because:
I said I would do it if he asked me.
I didn't want to know when he would come.
I asked him because I wanted to know the right answer.
If the sentenc
I said I would do it if he asked me.
I didn't want to know when he would come.
I asked him because I wanted to know the right answer.
If the sentenc
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