By Before and After, Clauses

I used to put commas before and after restrictive clause when the following proposition did not expand the restrictive clause but the sentence as a whole only or so do I think.

Thanks, Avangi. I missed 'Just as'.Please give me a comment on this: "The reason I'm here tonight is because the Democratic voters have made their choice, and so have I,"I think both clauses before and after and are independent ones so and is normally used, right?

"en-rules" = printer's term for what most people call dashes.Yes, you could use commas or parentheses "( )". People tend to use dashes to indicate a longer pause before and after the clause if the sentence is spoken.

Welcome to the forums! I suppose you could say--So I start with basics. I ask myself, "Who? What? Where? How? When? Why?" Then your questions will be in a sentence. But I actually don't see a problem with saying it just the way you did originally. In your first sentence, you should probably...

The referent of which is always dependent on the meaning of the clauses before and after. Commas have nothing to do with it. CJ

Given the structure: he drew compensation from the team until beginning his investigation in March 2006. One possible paraphrase is as you have written it: he drew compensation from the team until the beginning of his investigation in March 2006. But a better paraphrase is: he drew...

Can anyone please tell me if a dependent clause that contains words like "before" and "after" is compatible with a main clause in the past perfect tense? eg, Joe had seen him playing basketball three hours before John came home.

Hi, 1. According to the survey, allow deductible controibutions would encourage about one million households to invest. ricky: According to the survey, allowing deductible controibutions would encourage about one million households to invest.OK ricky: can i rewrite it like this: According to...

I draw better than she does. ==> "she does" is a clause, the struction of the sentence is " S +V better than S + V."You just need the symmetry between 2 objects before and after "than" in your sentences.Some examples: Tom can jump higher than Mike. I always work harder than you do. My...

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