I see it this way: The first one: " Standing at the gate , James was stung by a scorpion . Standing- is used as a particple phrase. " James was stung by a scorpion standing at the gate ". Even being transposed,

Good evening, Chris, these are thought-provoking questions you have asked, and here is my opinion backed up by data from authoritative sources. 1. The possibility of tell filling the slot of talk in the example sentence seems questionable at

Yes, that makes perfect sense. Cheers! Any idea if they still count as serial commas if you're not listing nouns?

I have doubts about which verb tense should I I should use in these situations: ... Why should I use the -ing form in the first case and the infinitive in the second case? By doing so, you are merely following the usual conventions of English. It

why the comma disappears Because you're only joining two components. The same thing would happen in the main clause: The wind buffeted their bodies and lashed their legs. (No comma.) And the comma would reappear if there were three

I'm not sure whether the last comma counts as a serial comma in this sentence: - "The wind buffeted their bodies, flayed their cheeks, and lashed their legs." I'm confused as to why the comma disappears if the latter two verbs

I would like to know which is correct. A:Many teens love to ride roller coasters, which they think are exciting. The roller coasters are exciting. B:Many teens love to ride roller coasters, which they think is exciting. The action of riding the

1 My mom died , after which I found out that she wasn't really my mom. Correct with the comma. 2 Could you please shut the door. (closed) The door shut / closed behind me. The first sentence is correct without closed. Both shut and closed

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Dear friend, the clauses within your sentence are correlative clauses of proportion (a kind of adverbial clauses), the comma is obligatory to separate them. One dominant use of a comma is to separate closely associated clauses within a sentence