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Re: Punctuation Question
From:
"Peter H. Fries" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:13:34 -0700
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Hi all,
Attached is a contribution that explores the use of commas to indicate the
status of the information  conveyed by a clause.
I apologize for sending this as an attachment but the formatting is
important.
Peter

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 7:58 PM, Kari Anderson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The comma is not necessary because what follows is a dependent clause.
> Kari Anderson
>
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> From: "T. J. Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Date: 04/12/2011 06:10PM
> Subject: Punctuation Question
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> I have a doctoral student who produces sentences like the following:
>
> "This quatrain cannot be read in isolation at all, because the syntax
> is
> inherent and incomplete on its own."
>
> My question is not a search for whatever he meant to say but is about
> his punctuation:  the comma.  Comments are welcome.
>
> T. J.
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