Comma needed?

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Anonymous

#184268 Mon, 16 Jan 06 04:24 PM

Hello

Is that comma needed after "must be" below?

<<When it comes to language, we can't just agree to disagree--at least not when it comes to subjects and verbs. If your subject is singular, your verb must be, too. Usually, this is easy:

"The boy eats the pie."
"The people eat the pie.">>

Anonymous

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pieanne

#184271 Mon, 16 Jan 06 04:27 PM

Hello, Anon,

I wouldn't put a comma after "be".

pieanne

Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005

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I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos...

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Anonymous

#184323 Mon, 16 Jan 06 06:14 PM

Pieanne wrote:

Hello, Anon,

I wouldn't put a comma after "be".

Is that a rule?

Anonymous

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Archaic

#184553 Tue, 17 Jan 06 07:03 AM

There is no rule. Adverbs can be comma'd off at your discretion.

Archaic

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Anonymous

#184567 Tue, 17 Jan 06 08:12 AM

Archaic wrote:

There is no rule. Adverbs can be comma'd off at your discretion.

Many thanks.

Anonymous

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