In Commas^x, Predicates^x

I was reading a website on English grammar. I came across a sentence which reads:"The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him."My quesiton is, why there is no "to" after "wanted"? Would someone shed some light on it?...

So what happens if we were to reverse it: "My friend is Maria", are we also reversing the roles? And what if we were to add a comma: "My friend, is Maria" is that the same? Or is it now an inversion or some kind of Yodaspeak?

To my ear, it reads better with the pause. "That and thus" sounds like a phrase, if you're not already familiar with the sentence. The subject is "use," and there's a compound predicate with the two verbs " rule" and "conflicts." They're...

That sentence falls in the catagory of having a double predicate (since "Among Democrates" is considered the subject), in which case the comma is optional. I can explain further if you are still confused.

Hi, Hanchechat! I'm rather fond of the language myself! Easy stuff first: We need to stick an "n" in "consumerism." I believe you're looking at the word, "demand" as if it were a verb. I read it as a noun, as in, "the law of supply and demand." (Tell me if I'm wrong.) They want to meet and...

You cannot put a comma after booth because it is a simple sentence with a compound predicate.You cannot use for because it is a prepostion of duration (for 20 minutes, etc), but 'arrival' is an instantaneous event, which happened, I presume, at the end of 20 minutes (in 20 minutes, etc.)

Hi GG, I do not think that this sentence requires a comma.

I think it depends whether the packet relates to Artificial Intelligence or not. It is does, then the comma is superfluous.

I heard that you were into artificial intelligence, and thought that you might have sent me the packet. In the sentence above, would the use of breakign the double predicate rule - i.e., adding a comma 'and' - be considred OK. I think that the comma helps keep the sentence less ambiguous. What...

I say this not to upset you, but to help you realize your potential. I guess this sentence falls under the compound predicate rule, in which case a comma is optional, but would be useful in this type of sentence.