Guava mango 973 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Comma usage

...this numerical advantage was lost rapidly though the contraction phase of the CD8+ T cell response, resulting in a quantitatively reduced Tmem pool.

Is the comma before "resulting" correct? Why or why not?

  

Top answer

Yes. It makes it plain that what follows modifies 'was lost' rather than 'response'.

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Yes. It makes it plain that what follows modifies 'was lost' rather than 'response'.