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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Known setence patterns used in combinations
While I know most of the different sentence patterns when they are used alone, I am often baffled when I'm asked to use them in combinations.
"He likes to discover different ways to express himself through writing, but, when he comes a cross a vague and indefinite grammar rule, he would often be discouraged."
does the bold, highlighted commas need to be there? Why?
What about this situation (the entire "dependent clause, independent clause" acts as an appositive):
"Americans realized that, with the defeat of Napoleon in Europe, the British would no longer have much incentive to interfere with American commerce."
These problems has been bothering me for some time. Please help! thank you!
"He likes to discover different ways to express himself through writing, but, when he comes a cross a vague and indefinite grammar rule, he would often be discouraged."
does the bold, highlighted commas need to be there? Why?
What about this situation (the entire "dependent clause, independent clause" acts as an appositive):
"Americans realized that, with the defeat of Napoleon in Europe, the British would no longer have much incentive to interfere with American commerce."
These problems has been bothering me for some time. Please help! thank you!
Top answer
" Remove the comma. Don't separate but from a subordinate time clause that follows. " Keep the comma.
- " Remove the comma.
- Don't separate but from a subordinate time clause that follows.
- " Keep the comma.
- The two commas together act as parentheses so that the reader can see that Americans realized that the British would ...
- The alternative is to remove both commas.
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Anonymous"He likes to discover different ways to express himself through writing, but, when he comes a cross a vague and indefinite grammar rule, he would often be discouraged."Remove the comma. Don't separate but from a subordinate time clause that follows.
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CJ,
Thank you for the immediate response. I couldn't find a definite rule to this anywhere and it bothered me for quite some time.
In the first sentence, if the dependent clause was not a time clause but a prepositional phrase, does it follow the same rule.
for example:
In 1991, Congress authorized assistance for American veterans believed to be suffe
Thank you for the immediate response. I couldn't find a definite rule to this anywhere and it bothered me for quite some time.
In the first sentence, if the dependent clause was not a time clause but a prepositional phrase, does it follow the same rule.
for example:
In 1991, Congress authorized assistance for American veterans believed to be suffe
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