Search results for 'tag:Predicates tag:Commas' matching tags 'Predicates' and 'Commas'

wanted hide his money

Abil — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:33:54 GMT

I was reading a website on English grammar. I cameÂ across a sentence which reads:"The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him."

MyÂ quesitonÂ is,Â whyÂ thereÂ isÂ noÂ "to"Â afterÂ "wanted"?Â WouldÂ someoneÂ shedÂ someÂ lightÂ onÂ it?
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Compound Sentences
1. Use a Comma and a Joining Word.
[Joining Words (coordinating conjunctions): For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, and So]

The teacher lectured for over an hour, and his students slept soundly.
The old man wanted hide his money, for he feared his children would steal it from him.
The student had a test the next day, so she studied all night long.

Pattern: Sentence, joining word sentence.
Subject + Predicate, joining word Subject + Predicate.

2. Use a Semicolon.

The teacher lectured for over an hour; his students slept soundly.
The old man wanted hide his money; he feared his children would steal it from him.
The student studied all night long; she had a test the next day.

Patterns: Sentence ; sentence.
Subject + Predicate ; Subject + Predicate.

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Re: calories are/is

Huevos — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:27:47 GMT

Grammar Geek
Maria is my friend.

Maria is the subject.

my friend is the predicate nominative.

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?

Re: comma necessary?

Avangi — Fri, 30 May 2008 00:31:02 GMT

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 "[does] rule" and "conflicts." They're widely separated, and the comma helps to show where the first action ends and the second action begins.

If a sentence seems awkward without a comma, I'd say try it a few times with pauses at different points, and see if it then makes better sense. If so, put the comma.

- A.

Re: No comma before "but"?

Futurehuman11 — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:42:18 GMT

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.

Re: Is this a wrong or right sentence?

Avangi — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:40:46 GMT

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 accentuate [the] demand. Perhaps what's needed, where you inserted "that," is a comma. The clause which follows stands on its own. RANGE HAS EXPANDED. "Demand" is the object of the verbs (infinitives) "to meet" and [to] "accentuate," and the infinitive phrase modifies the clause which follows.

Memory fails me, but I'd say it's COMPOUND. The simple subject and predicate of the first clause would be, ARRAY HAS (have) FUELLED; the second clause is RANGE HAS EXPANDED. All the other phrases are modifiers. (That's my opinion.)

[Sorry, Clive, I recently changed my password and had a long delay getting this posted]

Re: Are they correct?

Mister Micawber — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:56:46 GMT

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.)

Re: breaking the double predicate "rule"

Neeraj Jain — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:27:19 GMT

Hi GG,

I do not think that this sentence requires a comma.

Re: breaking the double predicate "rule"

Feebs11 — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:26:38 GMT

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

breaking the double predicate "rule"

Thecandymancan — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:41:01 GMT

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 do you think?

Re: is a comma here optional?

Chrismlangan — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:14:23 GMT

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.