Is the comma before the “as” optional?
These efforts bore fruit during the pandemic, as social distancing restrictions meant that members could not meet freely.
These efforts bore fruit during the pandemic, as social distancing restrictions meant that members could not freely meet.
1. Is the comma before the “as” optional?
2. Should it be meet freely or freely meet?
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tamguatlay 1. Is the comma before the “as” optional? No.
- tamguatlay 1.
- Is the comma before the “as” optional?
- No.
- It's forbidden.
- Take it out.
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tamguatlay1. Is the comma before the “as” optional?
No. It's forbidden. Take it out.
No comma when the main clause is first and the subordinate clause follows.
tamguatlay2. Should it be meet freely or freely meet?
meet freely
CJ
0tamguatlay1. Is the comma before the “as” optional?
No. It is mandatory. It introduces the second independent clause. Without it, "as" is read as "at the time that". https://www.magnumproofreading.com/post/blog-proper-punctuation-comma-before-as
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