[stylist] Feedback request, General content: Minneapolis Bus (Comma Rules)
loristay
loristay at aol.com
Tue May 4 02:15:07 UTC 2010
Here's an exception, though. If you are writing dialogue, you might well have the following:
"Why did Mary tag along?"
"Because she wanted to go."
Also, I note my grammar check often tells me I need a comma before "which." If I don't feel it belongs, I change the word to "that." If it still makes sense, that is what I really meant in the first place.
Lori
On May 3, 2010, at 5:34:16 AM, BDM <lists at braddunsemusic.com> wrote:
>FRAGMENTS:
>Sentence fragments are dependent clauses that cannot stand alone.
>There are a few words that might indicate that you have a dependent
>clause, including: because, before, since, after, which, as, and if.
>These markers may indicate that you have a dependent clause that
>cannot stand alone. In other words, you could not have a complete
>sentence if you wrote:
>
>Because she wanted to go.
>
>Instead, you should link this dependent clause with an independent
>clause as in the following:
>
>Because she wanted to go, the girl got dressed and put on her shoes.
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