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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Why is there a comma after "they had to"?
This was the case with the Reformers who criticized hierarchical distortions in the Roman Church on the basis of the ultimate principles, turning against the distorted forms which they found and, where they had to, separate the good from the bad, the true from the false, and the beautiful from the ugly.
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This is a complicated sentence, but a correct one. The comma(s) in question act parenthetically. Without where they had to , there would be no commas needed.
- This is a complicated sentence, but a correct one.
- The comma(s) in question act parenthetically.
- Without where they had to , there would be no commas needed.
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This is a complicated sentence, but a correct one. The comma(s) in question act parenthetically. Without where they had to, there would be no commas needed.
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Which commas are you referring to? And can you perhaps illustrate what is going on here?
it seems where they had to don't need any commas to set it apart of the sentences as it does not seem to me a parenthetical remark but rather an essential part of the sentence.
it seems where they had to don't need any commas to set it apart of the sentences as it does not seem to me a parenthetical remark but rather an essential part of the sentence.
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Hi,
This was the case with the Reformers who criticized hierarchical distortions in the Roman Church on the basis of the ultimate principles, turning against the distorted forms which they found and, where they had to, separate the good from the bad, the true from the false, and the beautiful from the ugly.
This was the case with the Reformers who criticized hierarchical distortions
This was the case with the Reformers who criticized hierarchical distortions in the Roman Church on the basis of the ultimate principles, turning against the distorted forms which they found and, where they had to, separate the good from the bad, the true from the false, and the beautiful from the ugly.
This was the case with the Reformers who criticized hierarchical distortions
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http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=494
That's what I told myself at first, but I wasn't quite sure. Are you sure?
That's what I told myself at first, but I wasn't quite sure. Are you sure?
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