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Ac2000 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Question regarding comma

Hello,

in the sentence:
In their early years they often played at CBGB's in Manhattan.

Is there a comma required after "years"? And if so, is there a rule or is it more a question of personal style?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

That comma is debated. I use it to mark the end of an introductory phrase to aid reading. It's safer to use it: After eating her husband watched the game.

— Enoon

  • That comma is debated.
  • I use it to mark the end of an introductory phrase to aid reading.
  • It's safer to use it: After eating her husband watched the game.
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That comma is debated. I use it to mark the end of an introductory phrase to aid reading. It's safer to use it:

After eating her husband watched the game.
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Thanks for your reply and funny sentence about that potentially cannibalistic wife Emotion: smile).

If the introductory phrase contained
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The introductory phrase in my sentence is "after eating", not "after eating her husband".

There are no comma rules. In English you only have convention and the guidance of various stylebooks, and they often disagree. The comma we're talking about is one of the things they disagree on. The Chicago Manual of Style, for instance, says to use the comma, except that it's optional where
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The introductory phrase in my sentence is "after eating", not "after eating her husband".
Oh, yes of course.
I confused this with those longer introductory clauses such as "When she came home, she ...". where I would always put a comma.

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