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Lundbye95 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Why "do we" sometimes place a comma before verbs in the 'progressive tense'?

The examples below are all articles I've read on the internet from different news-providers (both English and American).

Examples:

1) I went down the river, seeking for information.

2) The Scot potted 15 reds with blacks and cleared the colours, holding his nerve to slot home a difficult pink then clipping in the black.

3) It's the seventh maximum of the season, following one from O'Sullivan.

Is there a generel rule applying for verbs ending in -ing when we're speaking about the comma?
  

Top answer

Use a comma if a pause is needed to understand the sentence. CB

  • Use a comma if a pause is needed to understand the sentence.
  • CB
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Use a comma if a pause is needed to understand the sentence.

CB

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