Comma question.

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Market  #308205  Thu, 28 Dec 06 06:57 PM

do i put a comma here.

1. his jacket snags on a  branch(,) protruding from the wall.

what is the corect way to write that phrase?

  
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Philip  #308217  Thu, 28 Dec 06 08:14 PM
 Market wrote:

do i put a comma here.

1. his jacket snags on a  branch(,) protruding from the wall.

what is the corect way to write that phrase?

No comma needed.
  
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Grammar Geek  #308220  Thu, 28 Dec 06 08:22 PM

Market, remember to start your sentence with a capital letter.

His jacket snags on a branch protruding from the wall.

snags - this is the present tense. Do you mean that it happens over and over? Otherwise, I suggest you use either "snagged" (it happened in the past) or "is snagged" (it is the case right now).on a

branch - a branch is part of a tree. This is fine if he is in the woods, but it's not likley to be protruding from a wall. Do you mean nail?

His jacket is snagged on a nail protructing from the wall.

  
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Anonymous  #308269  Fri, 29 Dec 06 12:53 AM

His jacket snags on a branch protruding from the wall.

You do not need a comma to complete this sentence, theres on need to pause during this statement.

  
Grammar Geek  #308471  Fri, 29 Dec 06 02:41 PM
 Anonymous wrote:

You do not need a comma to complete this sentence, theres on need to pause during this statement.

On the other hand, Anon, you DO need a period/full stop in yours.

You do not need a comma to complete this sentence. There's no need to pause during this statement.

  
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