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Oct 23, 2018 at 23:31 vote accept Chang yo
Oct 22, 2018 at 15:25 answer added Tashus timeline score: 0
Oct 21, 2018 at 16:28 comment added Chang yo @Brandin oh, finally, I know what you said. So,it is just a pause when we take. Thanks for your answer.:)
Oct 20, 2018 at 9:38 comment added Brandin You might consider disregarding your teacher's advice of counting "the number of words" as a rule for placing a comma. The structure of the sentence is much more important. Another way you can think of a comma is that it is a place where you could potentially pause while speaking. In your last sentence By the way, is this called the part of speech? You can pause right after "by the way" if you were speaking. You could wait several seconds if you wanted, and then continue your sentence, and it would still make sense. But if you paused after "the" it would feel incomplete. "By the ..."
Oct 20, 2018 at 8:03 comment added Chang yo By the way,the word is a kind of adjective,verb,noun, preposition or etc. Is this called"the part of speech"?
Oct 20, 2018 at 7:57 comment added Chang yo @Brandin thanks for your useful information. Yeah, you're right. It doesn't matter how to use comma when we chat in English. But,it may matter when it comes to English writing. Thus,you mean the comma can be used between adjectives even though only two different words are in the sentence, right? And, is it okay for other parts of speech?
Oct 20, 2018 at 7:26 comment added Brandin The two uses of the comma are different. In the first, you have a list. "Alice likes A, B, C, and D." In the second, you have two adjectives together. "Lofty, snow-capped mountains." By the way, commas are more of a writing device than actual grammar rules. For example, many people write a list without the final comma: "Alice likes A, B, C and D." This difference is only in writing. You can't actually hear any spoken difference.
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