'People living in a city'
"This whole conference is really a debate about what constitutes a healthy urban city, and how to measure the well-being of people living in a city. I think we know somethings we want -- air to breathe freely, we want a space where we can interact freely, and we want a sense of being not too far from nature."
I have got great answers about pauses and commas so far and then I would like to ask native English speakers the last question.
I got it from a news article and when I heard it, there was a short pause between 'people' and 'living', so I was wondering if native English speakers consider the short pause as a comma or in the context, the pause is just wrong or accept the pause naturally and think that 'living in a city' modifies 'people' behind like 'people that are living in a city'?
I am sorry about asking again and again and thank you so much as usual.
Top answer
or just breathe. There is little point in trying to equate written punctuation with the spoken word.
- or just breathe.
- There is little point in trying to equate written punctuation with the spoken word.
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Hans51 when I heard it, there was a short pause between 'people' and 'living'
It is just the narrator's pause to frame his utterance...or just breathe. There is little point in trying to equate written punctuation with the spoken word.
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