Rokas  +  74394 Wed, 16 Feb 05 03:39 PM Hello. I was doing a test and encountered two sentenes: 1. While I was walking in the country it began to snow. 2. When I arrived there Sam had already left. I'd like to know if any commas are necessary in these sentences. Personally, I think there should be a comma after "country" in the first sentence and after "there" in the second but in the answer sheet the sentences were just like I've written them here (without any commas), so I'm unsure. Thanks. Rokas Joined on Sat, Nov 20 2004 New Member 13 Commas, Punctuation

	MrPedantic  +  74482 Thu, 17 Feb 05 12:19 AM Hello Rokas I would have inserted commas in the places you suggest. It marks the natural slight pause at the end of the first clause in each case. (Please excuse the inadvertent rhyme.) MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris... Clauses, Commas, Punctuation