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AndreaLS Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Therefore and commas
Do you put commas before and after therefore in this sentence:
"Finally came to the point where when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, therefore, came to the emergency room for further evaluation".
"Finally came to the point where when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, therefore, came to the emergency room for further evaluation".
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Do you put commas before and after therefore in this sentence: They are optional. I wouldn't, as I feel they would clutter up the sentence. " It f inally came to the point where , when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, therefore, came to the emergency room for further evaluation".
- Do you put commas before and after therefore in this sentence: They are optional.
- I wouldn't, as I feel they would clutter up the sentence.
- " It f inally came to the point where , when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, therefore, came to the emergency room for further evaluation".
- ' Came ' suggests the speaker works in the emergency room.
- If not, say 'went '.
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Do you put commas before and after therefore in this sentence: They are optional. I wouldn't, as I feel they would clutter up the sentence.
"It finally came to the point where, when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, th
"It finally came to the point where, when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, th
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Hi Clive ,can i ask about the reason you have put a commas after where??
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AndreaLS Do you put commas before and after therefore in this sentence:"Finally came to the point where when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath and, therefore, came to the emergency room for further evaluation".I would not. I probably would put one after breath.
Edit: I'm referring to and therefore, not wh
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If I remember correctly, I believe that's how I ended up putting it:
"It finally came to the point where when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath, and therefore came to the emergency room for further evaluation".
We'll see if QA dings it for grammar. What's bad is that I probably know more grammar rules then the actual QA person that is grading me. It's very fru
"It finally came to the point where when he was watching TV, he became very short of breath, and therefore came to the emergency room for further evaluation".
We'll see if QA dings it for grammar. What's bad is that I probably know more grammar rules then the actual QA person that is grading me. It's very fru
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Here's how I see it.
when he was watching TV is
either parenthetical (use two commas)
or not parenthetical (use no commas).
Clive
when he was watching TV is
either parenthetical (use two commas)
or not parenthetical (use no commas).
Clive
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