Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Honing comma skills!
Hi there!
I'm helping a friend with a project and while going through his paper, noticed a line that made me scratch my head. It goes pretty much like this:
John copied the sentence on his notebook and, staring intently at it, started pondering how to translate it.
What made me wonder was the usage of commas in the sentence. Is it correct? My spider-sense wants me to add a comma before "and" too, but maybe I'm wrong? I could be wrong!
I think I'll never be able to sleep until I know! Any of you willing to step up to the plate and help me out? It'd be much appreciated!
I'm helping a friend with a project and while going through his paper, noticed a line that made me scratch my head. It goes pretty much like this:
John copied the sentence on his notebook and, staring intently at it, started pondering how to translate it.
What made me wonder was the usage of commas in the sentence. Is it correct? My spider-sense wants me to add a comma before "and" too, but maybe I'm wrong? I could be wrong!
I think I'll never be able to sleep until I know! Any of you willing to step up to the plate and help me out? It'd be much appreciated!
Top answer
No comma before 'and' since the sentence has only one subject, 'John'. John copied the sentence into his notebook and started pondering.... John copied the sentence into his note book , and he started pondering....
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No comma before 'and' since the sentence has only one subject, 'John'.
John copied the sentence into his notebook and started pondering....
John copied the sentence into his note book, and he started pondering....
John copied the sentence into his notebook and started pondering....
John copied the sentence into his note book, and he started pondering....
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