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What's the comma doing there?
Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase:
This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time course in English Language, at this centre.
It's the comma after language that looks odd to me. Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.
This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time course in English Language, at this centre.
It's the comma after language that looks odd to me. Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.
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[nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time course in English Language, at this centre. [/nq] And me. [nq:1]Is this sentence OK?
- [nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time course in English Language, at this centre.
- [/nq] And me.
- [nq:1]Is this sentence OK?
- And what job is the comma doing here?
- " That "was enrolled" is weird, too.
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[nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time course in English Language, at this centre. It's the comma after language that looks odd to me.[/nq]
And me.
[nq:1]Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.[/nq]
I can only think that some over-zealous person at the centre thought, "Oops,
And me.
[nq:1]Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.[/nq]
I can only think that some over-zealous person at the centre thought, "Oops,
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lee (Email Removed) wrote on 03 Mar 2004:
[nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time ... that looks odd to me. Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.[/nq]
It provides a hook for the dangling adverbial phrase "at this centre", which belongs after "enrolled", and tries to prevent the
[nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time ... that looks odd to me. Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.[/nq]
It provides a hook for the dangling adverbial phrase "at this centre", which belongs after "enrolled", and tries to prevent the
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[nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time ... that looks odd to me. Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.[/nq]
It has the effect of making "at this centre" serve a supporting or clarifying function, rather than being part of the phrase that is the object of the preposition "in." Othe
It has the effect of making "at this centre" serve a supporting or clarifying function, rather than being part of the phrase that is the object of the preposition "in." Othe
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[nq:1]Can anyone settle my mind on the following phrase: This is to certify that (*) was enrolled for a full-time ... that looks odd to me. Is this sentence OK? And what job is the comma doing here? Thanks in advance.[/nq]
The writer probably is imitating a speech pattern and thinks that a comma is a description of a pause. Not so. They are prescriptions. It is very common and normal to have a
The writer probably is imitating a speech pattern and thinks that a comma is a description of a pause. Not so. They are prescriptions. It is very common and normal to have a
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