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Successor Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Punctuation
Hello,
what do you think about the use of comma in the following sentence? Is it correctly used?
Today, only tiny remnants of the extensive forests that clothed much of northern Europe 7,000 years ago remain.
The sentence sounds quite heavy with the predicate at the end of the sentence, would it be better to separate the verb 'remain' with a comma too?
what do you think about the use of comma in the following sentence? Is it correctly used?
Today, only tiny remnants of the extensive forests that clothed much of northern Europe 7,000 years ago remain.
The sentence sounds quite heavy with the predicate at the end of the sentence, would it be better to separate the verb 'remain' with a comma too?
Top answer
Leave the sentence as it is.
- Leave the sentence as it is.
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Couldn't you make it into this:
What remains today are only tiny remnants of the extensive forests that clothed much of northern Europe 7,000 years ago.
Somehow it just doesn't feel right to separate remain with a comma, unless your intention is to create a unrestrictive relative clause.
Regards
Jordy
What remains today are only tiny remnants of the extensive forests that clothed much of northern Europe 7,000 years ago.
Somehow it just doesn't feel right to separate remain with a comma, unless your intention is to create a unrestrictive relative clause.
Regards
Jordy
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