HELP with Punctuation

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#40862 Thu, 05 Aug 04 06:02 AM

I am more then a little confused when it comes to punctuation will someone please tell me how the below sentence should be done? Did I do it write? If not why????

They would send another Bound member to New London to continue the investigation she began, and if enough data was collected that Bound member would become Unbound, meaning a clean up was in order.

AND ALSO

Four of the eight screens that made up his entertainment system were programmed to different up to the minute news channels.

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Punctuation

miriam

#40938 Thu, 05 Aug 04 01:54 PM

Hi, Guest. Smile [:)]

Probably many people will accept your first sentence as it is, and perhaps it is not wrong. I'd make a slight change, though (which you don't necessarily have to take into account):
"They would send another Bound member to New London to continue the investigation she began and, if enough data was collected, that Bound member would become Unbound, meaning a clean up was in order."

I'm not sure I understand the meaning of your second sentence correctly, but I'll give it a try anyway:
"Four of the eight screens that made up his entertainment system were programmed to different up-to-the-minute news channels."

No commas needed there but, if "up-to-the-minute" used as an adjective modifying "channels", then the hyphens are needed.

You'll surely get more responses -different responses.

BTW, "Did I do it write"?" should be "Did I do it right?" Smile [:)]

Miriam