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CopenhagenCalling Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Oh that illusive comma
Hiya teachers
In the given sentence: "It must leave much to the composer's imagination so that the music has work to do."
How do I explain WHY there is no comma between "imagination" and "so"?
Please note, this is not about improving the sentence, but about explaining punctuation rules.
Cheers
In the given sentence: "It must leave much to the composer's imagination so that the music has work to do."
How do I explain WHY there is no comma between "imagination" and "so"?
Please note, this is not about improving the sentence, but about explaining punctuation rules.
Cheers
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As with other clauses, if they are introductory, a comma is necessary; when they follow the independent clause, the comma is optional. Because he was late, he ran even faster ~ He ran even faster because he was late. ]
- As with other clauses, if they are introductory, a comma is necessary; when they follow the independent clause, the comma is optional.
- Because he was late, he ran even faster ~ He ran even faster because he was late.
- ]
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As with other clauses, if they are introductory, a comma is necessary; when they follow the independent clause, the comma is optional.
Because he was late, he ran even faster ~ He ran even faster because he was late.
[So that the music has work to do, it must leave....]
Because he was late, he ran even faster ~ He ran even faster because he was late.
[So that the music has work to do, it must leave....]
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Mmh okay thats what I got too, just fishing to se if there actually was a more..technical explanation..but I guess that is simply the grammatical rule. Thank you very much
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