Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
A usage of a comma
A sorcerer, the protagonist got into his best friend Luke's dream about "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
He stepped down into the white rabbit hole, carrying the fainted Luke, to evade a invincible Fire Angel, it chased after
them, and a Jabberwock went after it.
They all fell through the tunnel and the two beasts landed through the opening following the protagonist and Luke.
I paused at the opening where I beheld an enormous flower garden in full bloom. All of the flowers were at least as tall as myself, and a shifting breeze bore me an overpowering redolence.
...........
Here the aroma were even stronger, the flowers, mostly in bloom, a fantastic canopy of colors as I rushed among them.
["Blood of Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if the comma before "mostly in bloom" plays the role of "being."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He stepped down into the white rabbit hole, carrying the fainted Luke, to evade a invincible Fire Angel, it chased after
them, and a Jabberwock went after it.
They all fell through the tunnel and the two beasts landed through the opening following the protagonist and Luke.
I paused at the opening where I beheld an enormous flower garden in full bloom. All of the flowers were at least as tall as myself, and a shifting breeze bore me an overpowering redolence.
...........
Here the aroma were even stronger, the flowers, mostly in bloom, a fantastic canopy of colors as I rushed among them.
["Blood of Amber" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I'd like to know if the comma before "mostly in bloom" plays the role of "being."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
The comma is the first of a pair surrounding parenthetical "mostly in bloom". Even if you inserted "being", you still would be advised to use a comma.
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The comma is the first of a pair surrounding parenthetical "mostly in bloom". Even if you inserted "being", you still would be advised to use a comma.
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Thank you, GPY, for another so very kind answer from you. 
Then I was wondering what role "the flowers" and "a fantastic canopy
Then I was wondering what role "the flowers" and "a fantastic canopy
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It is shorthand for this:
Here the aromas were even stronger, and the flowers, which were mostly in bloom, were a fantastic canopy of colors as I rushed among them.
Here the aromas were even stronger, and the flowers, which were mostly in bloom, were a fantastic canopy of colors as I rushed among them.
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