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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
Prep Phrase at the beginning of the sentence...
In the background, there is a magnificent gray tower with a clock, ticking slowly, at its peak.
Is that punctuation correct? I'm not sure about the rules for prep phrases that begin a sentence.
Is that punctuation correct? I'm not sure about the rules for prep phrases that begin a sentence.
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Hi, In the background, there is a magnificent gray tower with a clock, ticking slowly, at its peak. Is that punctuation correct? I'm not sure about the rules for prep phrases that begin a sentence.
- Hi, In the background, there is a magnificent gray tower with a clock, ticking slowly, at its peak.
- Is that punctuation correct?
- I'm not sure about the rules for prep phrases that begin a sentence.
- It's fine, although if the phrase is short the comma after it is often omitted.
- Clive
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Hi,
In the background, there is a magnificent gray tower with a clock, ticking slowly, at its peak.
Is that punctuation correct? I'm not sure about the rules for prep phrases that begin a sentence.
It's fine, although if the phrase is short the comma after it is often omitted.
Clive
In the background, there is a magnificent gray tower with a clock, ticking slowly, at its peak.
Is that punctuation correct? I'm not sure about the rules for prep phrases that begin a sentence.
It's fine, although if the phrase is short the comma after it is often omitted.
Clive
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A prepositional phrase at the beginning of a sentence should not be followed by comma unless it is extremely long, in my opinion. I would not do it in this case. It's only three words.
CJ
CJ
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