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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of commas
including
having something as part of a group or set
1) I've got three days' holiday including New Year's Day.
2) Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
3) It's £7.50, not including tax.
I was wondering when we have to use a comma with the word including?
"The government plans to translate the white paper into various languages including English, Chinese, and Japanese "
I have seen the sentence and if I put a comma between languages and including, is the sentence wrong or does it have a different meaning from the example sentence or both ways are fine and have the same meaning?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
having something as part of a group or set
1) I've got three days' holiday including New Year's Day.
2) Six people were killed in the riot, including a policeman.
3) It's £7.50, not including tax.
I was wondering when we have to use a comma with the word including?
"The government plans to translate the white paper into various languages including English, Chinese, and Japanese "
I have seen the sentence and if I put a comma between languages and including, is the sentence wrong or does it have a different meaning from the example sentence or both ways are fine and have the same meaning?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
Hans51 I was wondering when we have to use a comma with the word including? Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. This is one of the most subjective uses of the comma.
- Hans51 I was wondering when we have to use a comma with the word including?
- Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.
- This is one of the most subjective uses of the comma.
- The meaning is the same in either case; it is simply a matter of how restrictive the writer feels about the succeeding examples listed.
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Hans51I was wondering when we have to use a comma with the word including?Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. This is one of the most subjective uses of the comma. The meaning is the same in either case; it is simply a matter of how restrictive the writer feels about the succeeding examples listed.
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