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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Why use commas here?
Hi. Could you please answer some questions on comma use? Sorry for not providing a full sentence for for no. 1. (I feel the part of the sentence that is given is long enough to answer my question.)
1. Why is it correct to use a comma after the word "Pentecost"?
As we have seen, the feasts of the spring months, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost, were historically fulfilled ... -- I think/feel no comma might be correct, too, since what we seem to have here is multiple subjects.
2. Could we put a comma between the word "Chicago" and the word "that"? I feel if we put a comma after the word "Chicago," we need to change the word "that" to "which."
He works as a foreman for XXX, a construction company based in Chicago that builds homes and apartments.
3. In a thread named "It can be interpreted as that I love her; is this correct?" by zazzex, Mr. M wrote this sentence in his response. Why is it correct to use a comma here? I feel what comes after the word "it" is essential or restrictive to the meaning of the sentence. I must say I seem to encounter a lot of cases where what seems to be a restrictive phrase or clause is being preceded by a comma. Can you help me to understand the reason (if there is one)? Also, I don't think when you use a person's sentence to ask a question, you are required to indicate whose sentence that is, but I was not sure on that and that is why I have indicate the sentence below is Mr. M's.
I would certainly find a different way of expressing it, with both verbs!
1. Why is it correct to use a comma after the word "Pentecost"?
As we have seen, the feasts of the spring months, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost, were historically fulfilled ... -- I think/feel no comma might be correct, too, since what we seem to have here is multiple subjects.
2. Could we put a comma between the word "Chicago" and the word "that"? I feel if we put a comma after the word "Chicago," we need to change the word "that" to "which."
He works as a foreman for XXX, a construction company based in Chicago that builds homes and apartments.
3. In a thread named "It can be interpreted as that I love her; is this correct?" by zazzex, Mr. M wrote this sentence in his response. Why is it correct to use a comma here? I feel what comes after the word "it" is essential or restrictive to the meaning of the sentence. I must say I seem to encounter a lot of cases where what seems to be a restrictive phrase or clause is being preceded by a comma. Can you help me to understand the reason (if there is one)? Also, I don't think when you use a person's sentence to ask a question, you are required to indicate whose sentence that is, but I was not sure on that and that is why I have indicate the sentence below is Mr. M's.
I would certainly find a different way of expressing it, with both verbs!
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Anonymous Why is it correct to use a comma after the word "Pentecost"? As we have seen, the feasts of the spring months, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost, were historically fulfilled ... Because the three capitalized items are in apposition with 'spring months'.
- Anonymous Why is it correct to use a comma after the word "Pentecost"?
- As we have seen, the feasts of the spring months, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost, were historically fulfilled ...
- Because the three capitalized items are in apposition with 'spring months'.
- Such lists are set off by commas just as if the commas were parentheses.
- The spring months, March, April, and June, are the most beautiful months of the year.
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AnonymousWhy is it correct to use a comma after the word "Pentecost"?Because the three capitalized items are in apposition with 'spring months'. Such lists are set off by commas just as if the commas were
As we have seen, the feasts of the spring months, Passover and Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, and Pentecost, were historically fulfilled ...
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