http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaUsage/gckhr/post.htm#513961Thu, 15 May 2008 11:34:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:513961Mister Micawber0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaUsage/gckhr/post.htm#513961http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-513961.xml.<br />First: No comma before<strong> to establish</strong>.&nbsp; the context of the nonfinite clause is restrictive of <strong>failure</strong>, not parenthetical.<br />Second:&nbsp; definitely <span style="text-decoration:underline;">NO comma</span> before <strong>sparked</strong>.&nbsp; You cannot place a single comma between Subject and Verb.<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaUsage/gckgg/post.htmThu, 15 May 2008 11:24:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:513950Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CommaUsage/gckgg/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-513950.xml<p><span>The failure of many of these secular liberal or socialist societies to establish real justice for the majority and to free the society from western economic neocolonialism, sparked a second anticolonial movement that has focused on religious renewal.</span></p> <p><span>Can I insert comma before &quot;to establish&quot;? &nbsp;Will the context be parenthetical? Please advise.</span></p> <p><span></span>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>