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Chrismlangan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Using *then*

Would the following senentce be deemed acceptable: Mike looks in the pouch, then slowly shows it to Jack.
  

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It seems grammatical to me.

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It seems grammatical to me.
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ChrismlanganWould the following senentce be deemed acceptable: Mike looks in the pouch, then slowly shows it to Jack.

There are many grammarians who believe that a pause in the flow merits a comma. My best instruction is that no comma is needed unless the subject changes or repeated (perhaps even with a conjunction)
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