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Bashyboy Posted 11 years ago
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Universally Known Truth
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
What is the purpose in enclosing the phrase beginning "that" with commas? Why wouldn't the sentence read
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife?"
What is the purpose in enclosing the phrase beginning "that" with commas? Why wouldn't the sentence read
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
or
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife?"
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Bashyboy What is the purpose in enclosing the phrase beginning "that" with commas? It is an old style. " You cannot do it with a single comma.
- Bashyboy What is the purpose in enclosing the phrase beginning "that" with commas?
- It is an old style.
- " You cannot do it with a single comma.
- " That is the modern punctuation.
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BashyboyWhat is the purpose in enclosing the phrase beginning "that" with commas?It is an old style.
Bashyboy Why wouldn't the sentence read"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."You cannot do it with a single comma.
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