Mindyl Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
That clause punctuation
1 i 00 Hi - 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 Could somebody please help me with this problem with punctuation in the middle of a "that" clause and the rule for it. 02 i 02 br
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00 01 i 00 I punctuate in verbatim text. I cannot change the word to another one to fit a grammar rule. I need a rule to follow or give someone concerning the word "that" as in the examples below. And I'm not sure if "that" is a relative pronoun there or not. But I punctuate like this, not knowing the rule I suppose. 02 i 02 br
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00 02 br
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00 "I know that if we are late, they will leave us." 02 br
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00 "The reason was that if she came back, there would be no game." 02 br
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00 "Someone told me that if there were five more, we'd be full." 02 br
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00 01 i 00 And now I have someone telling me it should be correctly punctuated as below: 02 i 02 br
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00 "I know that, if we are late, they will leave us." 02 br
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00 "The reason was that, if she came back, there would be no game." 02 br
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00 "Someone told me that, if there were five more, we'd be full." 02 br
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00 01 i 00 Thanks for your help! 02 i 0-
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01 i 00 Could somebody please help me with this problem with punctuation in the middle of a "that" clause and the rule for it. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 01 i 00 I punctuate in verbatim text. I cannot change the word to another one to fit a grammar rule. I need a rule to follow or give someone concerning the word "that" as in the examples below. And I'm not sure if "that" is a relative pronoun there or not. But I punctuate like this, not knowing the rule I suppose. 02 i 02 br
02 br
00 02 br
02 br
00 "I know that if we are late, they will leave us." 02 br
02 br
00 "The reason was that if she came back, there would be no game." 02 br
02 br
00 "Someone told me that if there were five more, we'd be full." 02 br
02 br
02 br
02 br
00 01 i 00 And now I have someone telling me it should be correctly punctuated as below: 02 i 02 br
02 br
02 br
02 br
00 "I know that, if we are late, they will leave us." 02 br
02 br
00 "The reason was that, if she came back, there would be no game." 02 br
02 br
00 "Someone told me that, if there were five more, we'd be full." 02 br
02 br
02 br
02 br
00 01 i 00 Thanks for your help! 02 i 0-
Top answer
02 i 02 br 02 br 00 If there were truly a parenthetical remark after 01 i 00 that 02 i 00 , you could put commas around it, but it's hard to imagine how that would come up. ) 02 br 02 br 00 CJ 02 br 02 br 0-
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0 They are telling you the wrong thing. 02 br
00 You want the first ones: 02 br
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01 i 00 know that if ... 02 br
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00 told me that if there ... 02 i 02 br
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00 If there were truly a parenthetical remark after 01 i 00 that 02 i 00 , you could put commas around it, but
00 You want the first ones: 02 br
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01 i 00 know that if ... 02 br
00 was that if she ... 02 br
00 told me that if there ... 02 i 02 br
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00 If there were truly a parenthetical remark after 01 i 00 that 02 i 00 , you could put commas around it, but
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