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Andbin Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Punctuation question

Hello,

I'm hoping that someone will help me punctuate the following sentence:

Since you’re so good at editing I’d appreciate your help if you have time this weekend

Thank you
  

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Hi there. The only punctuation "rule" I know that might apply to your sentence is: If a sentence begins with a conjunction , there should be a comma in the middle (like this one). There doesn't need to be a comma if the conjunction is in the middle (like this one).

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  • Hi there.
  • The only punctuation "rule" I know that might apply to your sentence is: If a sentence begins with a conjunction , there should be a comma in the middle (like this one).
  • There doesn't need to be a comma if the conjunction is in the middle (like this one).
  • So I would punctuate your sentence: Since you're so good at editing, I'd appreciate your help if you have time this weekend.
  • But I'd be really interested to know what other people say - I find punctuation really tricky.
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Hi there.

The only punctuation "rule" I know that might apply to your sentence is:
If a sentence begins with a conjunction, there should be a comma in the middle (like this one).
There doesn't need to be a comma if the conjunction is in the middle (like this
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Punctuation escapes me. I'm so bad that I often end up changing what I want to say because I don't know how to punctuate! So, thank you for answering me!

Now I'm interested to know why there isn't a comma after the word help.

Additionally, if I were to change the sentence around to read like this:

I'd appreciate your help since you're so good at editing if you have
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