In certain short clauses, commas are probably not necessary (as in Dimsum's last sentence), but certainly where it appears e.g. in a subject noun phrase, it is appositive (not 'parenthetical'), as the verb number is governed by the subject itself:

Is as well as considered a parenthical phrase? Should it be set off with commas? Thanks! My non-linguistic view thinks not. I may be wrong but one of the "as well as" usages has a prepositional property which is typically

According to the strict rules, if you have two complete sentences joined by the "and" you use the comma. So, your should NOT have the comma, the second should, the third should not, and the fourth should. In practice, if the two

Since 'had it not been' = 'if it had not been', I would set the clause off with commas in either situation.

Hello, Mariott, 1. I hope this will make you happy and will not be forgotten.- correct; no comma before and when the subject of the second clause is ellipted, as shown by the materials in the Survey of English Usage. 2. I hope this will make

In the following sentence , do I need to place a comma after the introductory participial phrase? Walking in the street, the boy spotted one of his friends.  I have read a grammar book, which mentions that you only need to separate the

1 A dog's brain is disproportionately small (compared) to the size of head. Among mammals, a dog's brain is disproportionately small for his head. 2 She knows him so well as to be able to write a message in his place and people would

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

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