Although dependent clauses that follow the s-v often do get a comma - is there some sort of restrictive and unrestrictive d.c. rule? Geoff Layton Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 21:58:51 -0500 From: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Punctuation Question To: [log in to unmask] The comma is not necessary because what follows is a dependent clause. Kari Anderson -----Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]> wrote: ----- To: [log in to unmask] From: "T. J. Ray" <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]> Date: 04/12/2011 06:10PM Subject: Punctuation Question 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. To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/