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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
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With a company with years of history and a leadership position

"The partnership here is a great opportunity for us to foster all of the innovation that we've seen over the years from Virtual Reality, with a company with years of history and a leadership position, in helping the industry embrace this new technology, what it means for gamers today, and its uses in many different areas in the future."

Here in the dialogue, with a company with years of history and a leadership position is put to 'The partnership here' in meaning like The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position...

or 'with a company with years of history and a leadership position' is related to 'in helping' like

With gifts in her hands. If so, do we need the commas?

What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
  

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Hans51 What do you native English speakers think? I think it's this one: Hans51 with a company with years of history and a leadership position is put to 'The partnership here' in meaning like The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position. Hans51 .

— Mister Micawber

  • Hans51 What do you native English speakers think?
  • I think it's this one: Hans51 with a company with years of history and a leadership position is put to 'The partnership here' in meaning like The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position.
  • Hans51 .
  • If so, do we need the commas?
  • Yes, at least the commas, to try to make sense of the long sentence, and preferably recasting the whole thing.
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Hans51What do you native English speakers think?
I think it's this one:
Hans51 with a company with years of history and a leadership position is put to 'The partnership here' in meaning like The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position.
Hans51. If so, do we need
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Mister MicawberYes, at least the commas,
Thank you so much and what I meant by 'If so' is whether we need the commas when it is written in like 'with gifts in hand' as a with participle construction?

So we need the commas when we see it as The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position, right?
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Hans51So we need the commas when we see it as The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position, right?
It is a matter of the reader's ability to disambiguate. As you wrote it above ('The partnership here with a company with years of history and a leadership position') alone, I see no need for commas, but in your original pas
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