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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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The Use of a Comma
1.The special group including three baby lions,one baby tiger and one baby hyena,all born at the Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg,South Africa were abandoned immediately by their mothers.
2.The special group including three baby lions,one baby tiger and one baby hyena,all born at the Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg,South Africa, were abandoned immediately by their mothers.
  

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Always leave a space after a comma. The special group including three baby lions , o ne baby tiger and one baby hyena , a ll born at the Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg , S outh Africa , w ere abandoned immediately by their mothers. The comma after South Africa is recommended by style manuals, but I think that more and more writers are omitting it these days.

  • Always leave a space after a comma.
  • The special group including three baby lions , o ne baby tiger and one baby hyena , a ll born at the Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg , S outh Africa , w ere abandoned immediately by their mothers.
  • The comma after South Africa is recommended by style manuals, but I think that more and more writers are omitting it these days.
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Always leave a space after a comma.

The special group including three baby lions, one baby tiger and one baby hyena, all born at the Akwaaba Lodge in Rustenburg, South Africa, were abandoned immediate
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Aspara GusThe comma after South Africa is recommended by style manuals, but I think that more and more writers are omitting it these days.
Oh, Thank you. That's why I asked. It seems more natural for me to use a comma after South Africa.
Maybe It's quite flexible now if it doesn't make the meaning obscure,isn't it?
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AnonymousMaybe it's quite flexible now if it doesn't make the meaning obscure, isn't it?
Yes, and it usually doesn’t.

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