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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Why comma needed (if needed)?
Hi. In Naver.com's online dictionary, the definition of the word is given as this:
seniority
A person's seniority in an organization is the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time.
Would you say there should not be a comma since the part after the conjunction (is it anyway?) and before it share the same subject? What is the difference between that and this?
The person should go home and rest.
Would you place commas here?
1. The person should go home and rest, and not continue working, when he or she is sick.
2. He couldn't play the tennis today, mainly because he sprained his ankle while riding a bike to the game. -- I think if we took out the adverb "mainly," a comma would not be needed (if I am not mistaken). Does the existence of the word "mainly" necessitate a need for a comma for this sentence?
seniority
A person's seniority in an organization is the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time.
Would you say there should not be a comma since the part after the conjunction (is it anyway?) and before it share the same subject? What is the difference between that and this?
The person should go home and rest.
Would you place commas here?
1. The person should go home and rest, and not continue working, when he or she is sick.
2. He couldn't play the tennis today, mainly because he sprained his ankle while riding a bike to the game. -- I think if we took out the adverb "mainly," a comma would not be needed (if I am not mistaken). Does the existence of the word "mainly" necessitate a need for a comma for this sentence?
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com's online dictionary, the definition of the word is given as this: seniority A person's seniority in an organization is based on the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time. ) and before it share the same subject? What is the difference between that and this?
- com's online dictionary, the definition of the word is given as this: seniority A person's seniority in an organization is based on the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time.
- ) and before it share the same subject?
- What is the difference between that and this?
- The person should go home and rest.
- The second example above is short .
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Hi,
In Naver.com's online dictionary, the definition of the word is given as this:
seniority
A person's seniority in an organization is based on the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time.
Would you say there should not be a comma sinc
In Naver.com's online dictionary, the definition of the word is given as this:
seniority
A person's seniority in an organization is based on the importance and power that they have compared with others, or the fact that they have worked there for a long time.
Would you say there should not be a comma sinc
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Hi. Thank you very much. Would you say the length of the part before the a conjunction like "and" is a key to knowing whether to put a comma before it or not?
Do you think this correctly punctuated? The part before the conjunction "and" seems long.
John, knowing he will get in trouble if late, tried to think of an excuse to tell his teacher, who will come in during the afternoon
Do you think this correctly punctuated? The part before the conjunction "and" seems long.
John, knowing he will get in trouble if late, tried to think of an excuse to tell his teacher, who will come in during the afternoon
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Hi,
Thank you very much. You're welcome.
Would you say the length of the part before the a conjunction like "and" is a key to knowing whether to put a comma before it or not? Yes.
Do you think this correctly punctuated? The part before the conjunction "and" seems long.
(Are you sure your tenses correctly reflect your meaning here?)
John, know
Thank you very much. You're welcome.
Would you say the length of the part before the a conjunction like "and" is a key to knowing whether to put a comma before it or not? Yes.
Do you think this correctly punctuated? The part before the conjunction "and" seems long.
(Are you sure your tenses correctly reflect your meaning here?)
John, know
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Hi. Thank you very much again.
You wrote:
(Are you sure your tenses correctly reflect your meaning here?)
John, knowing he will get in trouble if late, tried to think of an excuse to tell his teacher, who will come in during the afternoon to teach his class, but he couldn't think of one.
I think the sentence should be written like these
You wrote:
(Are you sure your tenses correctly reflect your meaning here?)
John, knowing he will get in trouble if late, tried to think of an excuse to tell his teacher, who will come in during the afternoon to teach his class, but he couldn't think of one.
I think the sentence should be written like these
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