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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence correctly worded?

The Silvanesti elves had to accept a non-pure elf leading them since they wanted one of Silvanos Goldeneye’s descendents to rule the elven nations.
  

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cboutin3 since they wanted one of Silvanos Goldeneye’s descendents to rule the elven nations. Clauses like this require a comma after them if they begin a sentence. At the end of the sentence, a comma just before is optional.

  • cboutin3 since they wanted one of Silvanos Goldeneye’s descendents to rule the elven nations.
  • Clauses like this require a comma after them if they begin a sentence.
  • At the end of the sentence, a comma just before is optional.
  • Usually it I the length of the sentence that the writer uses to determine whether it is better with or without.
  • I think I'd use it here, but it is really your choice, depending on the flow of the text.
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cboutin3 since they wanted one of Silvanos Goldeneye’s descendents to rule the elven nations.
Clauses like this require a comma after them if they begin a sentence. At the end of the sentence, a comma just before is optional. Usually it I the length of the sentence that the writer uses to determine whether it is better with or without. I think

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