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Tamguatlay Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Shouldn't the comma be after "summer" instead?

Van Gaal spent over £150 million on six new signings in the summer but, after 17 games, United are third and trail English Premier League leaders Chelsea by 10 points.

The above is from a local newspaper report.

Shouldn't the comma be after "summer" instead?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

If it were not for the parenthetical after 17 games , we would expect a comma after summer . However, with the comma after but , some of us do not use the first comma.

— Fivejedjon

  • If it were not for the parenthetical after 17 games , we would expect a comma after summer .
  • However, with the comma after but , some of us do not use the first comma.
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If it were not for the parenthetical after 17 games, we would expect a comma after summer. However, with the comma after but, some of us do not use the first comma.
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tamguatlayShouldn't the comma be after "summer" instead?
And I would place a comma after 'summer' while retaining the one after 'games'.
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