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a. I cooked the pie in a clay dish as you wanted.

b. I cooked the pie in a clay dish, as you wanted.

Is there a difference in the meanings of the above sentences?

Does the comma change anything?

I think in (a), I cooked it in a clay dish and in the manner you wanted. In (b) you wanted it to be cooked in clay dish and that is how I cooked it.

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​c. I cooked the chicken well as you wanted.

d. I cooked the chicken well, as you wanted.

Is there a difference in the meanings of the above sentences? Does the comma change anything?

In theory we should have the same difference we have between (a) and (b), but I am not sure that difference exists here. I am not sure (c) is even correct.

Many thanks.

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    I don't find the versions without commas idiomatic. A native speaker would say something like "...just the way you wanted it".
    – Kate Bunting
    Dec 30, 2022 at 16:28
  • Thank you so much for all your kind replies. Would you use 'just the way you wanted it' with a comma or not? Will the absence of a comma change the meaning?
    – azz
    Dec 31, 2022 at 9:19
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    Whatever final phrase you choose, I would find them unidiomatic without the comma.
    – Kate Bunting
    Dec 31, 2022 at 9:37

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