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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Why not use a comma?
Hi. I think I have learned from experts/teachers in this forum that one of the correct reasons for using a comma would be to allow a breathing space or a time to pause to gather his thought when the reader has difficulty reading through a sentence or follow through it contextually. (Not sure I wrote correctly what I wanted to say - I tried my best, though) But would it be a correct reason for not using/placing a comma if we could run through (so to speak) the sentence parts without taking a pause since the parts involved are linked very closely contextually? (Again, not sure I wrote correctly to say what I wanted to say.)
After XXX fell in 19XX (no comma correct?) there were many wealthy people in YYY.
However, in most of the relevant texts (no comma correct?) it was the people from that district who got the most benefits from the current programs.
After XXX fell in 19XX (no comma correct?) there were many wealthy people in YYY.
However, in most of the relevant texts (no comma correct?) it was the people from that district who got the most benefits from the current programs.
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I would use commas in both, the first because it is a fronted sentence adverbial (you wouldn't need the comma if the phrase came at the end of the sentence), and the second because its omission mis-references 'however'. After *** fell in 1937 , there were many wealthy people in YYY. However, in most of the relevant texts , it was the people from that district who got the most benefits from the current programs.
- I would use commas in both, the first because it is a fronted sentence adverbial (you wouldn't need the comma if the phrase came at the end of the sentence), and the second because its omission mis-references 'however'.
- After *** fell in 1937 , there were many wealthy people in YYY.
- However, in most of the relevant texts , it was the people from that district who got the most benefits from the current programs.
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I would use commas in both, the first because it is a fronted sentence adverbial (you wouldn't need the comma if the phrase came at the end of the sentence), and the second because its omission mis-references 'however'.
After *** fell in 1937, there were many wealthy people in YYY.
However, in most of the relevant texts, it was the people from that district who got
After *** fell in 1937, there were many wealthy people in YYY.
However, in most of the relevant texts, it was the people from that district who got
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