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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Two Sunday comma questions!
Hey there, people!
I'm trying to help my friend with his story's punctuation, and we have some difficulties with comma placements.
I get that a comma is placed before "and" in sentences where you have two independent sentences connected, such as "She's watching a movie, and the volume is very loud." What I'm having difficulties with is what to do with sentences that have two actions that are either not very related or are done after each other. For example:
1. She ignored his nonsensical ramblings and picked a spoon from the table. (two actions not very related)
2. He closed the TV and went outside for a walk. (two actions done after each other)
Would you ever use a comma in sentences like these or just let them be as they are? There's probably also the possibility of separating sentences that aren't really related, but we'd still like to know the correct way to do it like this.
Thank you in advance!
I'm trying to help my friend with his story's punctuation, and we have some difficulties with comma placements.
I get that a comma is placed before "and" in sentences where you have two independent sentences connected, such as "She's watching a movie, and the volume is very loud." What I'm having difficulties with is what to do with sentences that have two actions that are either not very related or are done after each other. For example:
1. She ignored his nonsensical ramblings and picked a spoon from the table. (two actions not very related)
2. He closed the TV and went outside for a walk. (two actions done after each other)
Would you ever use a comma in sentences like these or just let them be as they are? There's probably also the possibility of separating sentences that aren't really related, but we'd still like to know the correct way to do it like this.
Thank you in advance!
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Hi, I'm trying to help my friend with his story's punctuation, and we have some difficulties with comma placements. " What I'm having difficulties with is what to do with sentences that have two actions that are either not very related or are done after each other. For example: 1.
- Hi, I'm trying to help my friend with his story's punctuation, and we have some difficulties with comma placements.
- " What I'm having difficulties with is what to do with sentences that have two actions that are either not very related or are done after each other.
- For example: 1.
- She ignored his nonsensical ramblings and picked up a spoon from the table.
- (two actions not very related) 2.
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Hi,
I'm trying to help my friend with his story's punctuation, and we have some difficulties with comma placements.
I get that a comma is placed before "and" in sentences where you have two independent sentences connected, such as "She's watching a movie, and the volume is very loud." What I'm having difficulties with is what to do with sentenc
I'm trying to help my friend with his story's punctuation, and we have some difficulties with comma placements.
I get that a comma is placed before "and" in sentences where you have two independent sentences connected, such as "She's watching a movie, and the volume is very loud." What I'm having difficulties with is what to do with sentenc
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Heya,
I think I wouldn't have any pauses when saying those sentences, but I'm not entirely sure whether that's correct or not. I'm not a native speaker to begin with, and I've never been very good at judging comma usage based on pauses in speech... Sorry if that makes explaining this harder. I appreciate that you're trying to help!
I think I wouldn't have any pauses when saying those sentences, but I'm not entirely sure whether that's correct or not. I'm not a native speaker to begin with, and I've never been very good at judging comma usage based on pauses in speech... Sorry if that makes explaining this harder. I appreciate that you're trying to help!
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Hi,
OK. I just mentioned the pauses to make the point that commas relate to speech. They are often discussed as if they doe not relate to speech at all.
1. She ignored his nonsensical ramblings and picked up a spoon from the table. (two actions not very related)
OK. I just mentioned the pauses to make the point that commas relate to speech. They are often discussed as if they doe not relate to speech at all.
1. She ignored his nonsensical ramblings and picked up a spoon from the table. (two actions not very related)
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