Timeline for Do I need a comma before the verb in the following sentence?
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| Jun 10, 2017 at 6:08 | vote | accept | alex | ||
| May 28, 2017 at 8:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/868738875916779521 | ||
| May 25, 2017 at 9:36 | comment | added | BillJ | And of course non-defining (non-restrictive) relative clauses are always of the wh type. Non-restrictive that relatives are not (normally) permitted. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 9:21 | comment | added | Brian H. | I agree with @BillJ. Try simplifying the subject to "her mood" and you'll notice a comma would be very weird and awkward. "her mood(,) prevented her from going to school". both "the unusual depressive" and "that Chisato had been experiencing lately" are complementing the subject, which is "the/her mood". (not making this into an answer because i have very little idea of actual english grammar and naming of things...) | |
| May 25, 2017 at 8:50 | answer | added | Khan | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 25, 2017 at 6:49 | answer | added | Jorge Urreta | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 25, 2017 at 6:45 | comment | added | BillJ | No, the subject in full is The unusual depressive mood that Chisato had been experiencing lately. The rule is that a subject should not be separated from its verb by a comma. It's inadmissible, i.e. ungrammatical. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 6:43 | comment | added | Mohd Zulkanien Sarbini | You don't need it. But you can use it to indicate a brief pause. | |
| May 25, 2017 at 6:40 | history | asked | alex | CC BY-SA 3.0 |