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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Separated 'by' or 'with'

Which is correct , "The two sentences were separated by/with a comma"?

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They both work for me. 'by' describes how the sentences look. They're separated by a comma.

— CalifJim

  • They both work for me.
  • 'by' describes how the sentences look.
  • They're separated by a comma.
  • 'with' signals what was used to separate them, namely, a comma.
  • You probably want 'by'.
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They both work for me. 'by' describes how the sentences look. They're separated by a comma. 'with' signals what was used to separate them, namely, a comma.

You probably want 'by'.

CJ
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