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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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Is this punctuation correct? Why or why not should I use commas?
Due to sheer time that humans have inhabited Earth and to the advances in technology they have made in return, a place such as Shangri-La actually existing seems like the slimmest of possibilities.
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" You generally use a comma after a dependent clause that precedes the main clause, as you have here. Not that you asked, but other edits I'd make: Due to sheer length of time that humans have inhabited Earth and to the advances in technology that they have made, the likelihood of a place such as Shangri-La actually existing seems extremely slim. But I'm not sure why advances in technology make it unlikely that a place ever existed.
- " You generally use a comma after a dependent clause that precedes the main clause, as you have here.
- Not that you asked, but other edits I'd make: Due to sheer length of time that humans have inhabited Earth and to the advances in technology that they have made, the likelihood of a place such as Shangri-La actually existing seems extremely slim.
- But I'm not sure why advances in technology make it unlikely that a place ever existed.
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The main clause in the sentence is "a place such as Shangri-La actually existing seems like the slimmest of possibilities."
You generally use a comma after a dependent clause that precedes the main clause, as you have here.
Not that you asked, but other edits I'd make:
Due to sheer length of time that humans have inhabited Earth and to the advances in technology that the
You generally use a comma after a dependent clause that precedes the main clause, as you have here.
Not that you asked, but other edits I'd make:
Due to sheer length of time that humans have inhabited Earth and to the advances in technology that the
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