She enjoys her job working with local communities
1) We didn't do as good a job preparing the garden for planting as we should have.
2) She enjoys her job working with local communities.
Q1) Do sentences (1) and (2) mean the following, with the optional preposition "of"?
1a) We didn't do as good a job (of) preparing the garden for planting as we should have.
2a) She enjoys her job (of) working with local communities.
Q2) Is a comma needed after "job" in both (1) and (2)?
1b) We didn't do as good a job, preparing the garden for planting, as we should have.
? We didn't do as good a job, which is preparing the garden for planting, as we should have.
2b) She enjoys her job, working with local communities.
? She enjoys her job, which is working with local communities.
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Rizan Malik Q1) Do sentences (1) and (2) mean the following, with the optional preposition "of"? yes. Rizan Malik Q2) Is a comma needed after "job" in both (1) and (2)?
- Rizan Malik Q1) Do sentences (1) and (2) mean the following, with the optional preposition "of"?
- yes.
- Rizan Malik Q2) Is a comma needed after "job" in both (1) and (2)?
- No, a comma is incorrect.
- The clause or phrase is defining (essential) in both cases.
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Rizan MalikQ1) Do sentences (1) and (2) mean the following, with the optional preposition "of"?
yes.
Rizan MalikQ2) Is a comma needed after "job" in both (1) and (2)?
No, a comma is incorrect. The clause or phrase is defining (essential) in both cases.
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