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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Use of adverbial phrases in questions
Hi. Please help. I think I heard that for sentences containing short adverbial phrases, commas are often not used/placed even though they start the sentences.
eg,
In the morning he went out for a walk in the park.
Could we do that (that is, leaving the commas out) in questions, too?
In the morning where did he go?
After lunch where did he go?
For the questions below, could you tell me if we should place commas after what I think are adverbial phrases and whether we should place any of them at the end of sentences, instead of where they are, in front of sentences?
1. After you have finished it, did you go out to eat with your clients?
2. As soon as he had finished it, did he go ahead and meet his
clients?
3. In the morning, was anyone there?
eg,
In the morning he went out for a walk in the park.
Could we do that (that is, leaving the commas out) in questions, too?
In the morning where did he go?
After lunch where did he go?
For the questions below, could you tell me if we should place commas after what I think are adverbial phrases and whether we should place any of them at the end of sentences, instead of where they are, in front of sentences?
1. After you have finished it, did you go out to eat with your clients?
2. As soon as he had finished it, did he go ahead and meet his
clients?
3. In the morning, was anyone there?
Top answer
Anonymous for sentences containing short adverbial phrases, commas are often not used/placed even though they start the sentences. True. Anonymous Could we do that (that is, leaving the commas out) in questions, too?
- Anonymous for sentences containing short adverbial phrases, commas are often not used/placed even though they start the sentences.
- True.
- Anonymous Could we do that (that is, leaving the commas out) in questions, too?
- Yes.
- I don't know why the rules would be different for questions.
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Anonymousfor sentences containing short adverbial phrases, commas are often not used/placed even though they start the sentences.True.
AnonymousCould we do that (that is, leaving the commas out) in questions, too?Yes. I don't know why the rules would be different for questions. Nevertheless, all but the shortest of intr
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