By Commas, Before and After

Re: Hyphen

"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.

Re: Commas and prepositional phrases

Hi, I recently wrote a paper for a class and was told that several of my commas were in error. I offset some prepositional phrases with commas and was told that this is incorrect. I am pretty sure I do this often, but I have never before had a teacher tell me it is wrong. One of the...

Re: Commas and brackets (parentheses)

Hi, I've written a document and the reviewer has indicated that I should have a comma before and after my brackets. For example: "another job (listed in TOAD) which is..." becomes "another job, (listed in TOAD), which is...". Is this grammatically correct? It's a question of style rather than...

Commas and brackets (parentheses)

Hi everybody. I've written a document and the reviewer has indicated that I should have a comma before and after my brackets. For example: "another job (listed in TOAD) which is..." becomes "another job, (listed in TOAD), which is...". Is this grammatically correct? Thanks, Gil

Re: Putting Who? What? Where? How? When? into a sentence, how is it punctuated?

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...

Re: Optional commas.

I would put commas between therefore because that gives a speaker a pause. The lack of a pause is precisely why I would not use a comma in the third sentence. I would not pause there -- probably because that is not an unusual location in that sentence for the word 'therefore'.However, the...

Re: Comma after this quote??

Anonymous wrote: Where would the commas be (if any) in this sentence? -- The quote "Romance at short notice was her specialty" shows that she is rather skilled at making up stories like these. Thanks!My inclination is to use the comma before and after the quotes. Some may disagree, and I can...

Re: IC, and therefore IC. Where do commas go?

Frankly, I would not put any commas in.At most, your first option is the one to go for.From the point of comma usage, in your second sentence, you require the commas before and after "therefore", but not the one after "sentence".

Re: multiple nouns & which

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

Re: Is this sentence correct? Do I need a comma before and after 'then'?

Marius Hancu wrote: Yoong Liat wrote: Neeraj Jain wrote:I think that your sentence is correct without commas.Which comma are you referring to?Before and after then. (as the OP only says in the title, unfortunately) Thanks, Marius.I think the subject should be the title of the question, and...