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TeacherJapan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The use of comma

People who work for big companies sometimes have to transfer to
remote places, occassionaly abroad.

1) Is my way of using " , " grammatically correct?

2) I've just paraphrased this sententence. It'd be a great help if you could take a look at it Emotion: smile My students are not sure about how to use commas, so I want to create a sample answer which doesn't include commas.

(Sample answer) People who who work for big companies sometimes have to transfer to distant places. In some cases, they have to move abroad.
  

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teacherJapan occassionaly occasionally teacherJapan 1) Is my way of using " , " grammatically correct? Yes, although commas seldom have anything to do with grammar, strictly speaking. teacherJapan paraphrased Your paraphrase is fine.

— CalifJim

  • teacherJapan occassionaly occasionally teacherJapan 1) Is my way of using " , " grammatically correct?
  • Yes, although commas seldom have anything to do with grammar, strictly speaking.
  • teacherJapan paraphrased Your paraphrase is fine.
  • You don't even need a comma after an introductory prepositional phrase, so you could remove the comma in the second sentence if you wanted to.
  • Nevertheless, many writers do use the comma in that situation.
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teacherJapanoccassionaly
occasionally
teacherJapan1) Is my way of using " , " grammatically correct?
Yes, although commas seldom have anything to do with grammar, strictly speaking.
teacherJapanparaphrased
Your paraphrase is fine. You don't even need a comma after an introductory preposit
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Thank you very much for your detailed advice:)
You just inspired confidence in me Emotion: smile
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