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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Where to put a comma?

In the below sentence, I'm struggling to understand where I should put a comma?

a) We had to register the birth, and unforgivingly the death, of our James.

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b) We had to register the birth, and unforgivingly, the death of our James.

Which is better?

Ryan
  

Top answer

(a) is better in my opinion. However, I wonder if "unforgivingly" is the correct word. You may mean "sadly", "tragically", or a similar word.

— GPY

  • (a) is better in my opinion.
  • However, I wonder if "unforgivingly" is the correct word.
  • You may mean "sadly", "tragically", or a similar word.
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(a) is better in my opinion. However, I wonder if "unforgivingly" is the correct word. You may mean "sadly", "tragically", or a similar word.
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We had to register the birth, and sadly, the death, of our James.
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