Timeline for Comma after introductory phrase followed by a verb
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| Jun 9, 2018 at 12:04 | answer | added | KarlG | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 9, 2018 at 10:30 | comment | added | Nigel J | Good question @Beckylou. Up-voted. | |
| Jun 9, 2018 at 3:38 | history | edited | Beckylou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2018 at 2:43 | comment | added | Beckylou | I had the same feeling, but I wasn't able to find anything more about it. | |
| Jun 9, 2018 at 2:12 | comment | added | aschepler | I think the difference between the declarative and imperative sentences is important here, but I don't have a reference and I'm not quite confident enough to say it's a general rule. | |
| Jun 9, 2018 at 0:12 | comment | added | Beckylou | So sorry I'm slow to understand your meaning. I've updated the original post with, hopefully, appropriate examples. | |
| Jun 9, 2018 at 0:11 | history | edited | Beckylou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:35 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Well, despite my efforts, the question has not been improved to contain some specific examples to compare the use of with-comma and without-comma. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:29 | comment | added | Beckylou | I sincerely beg your pardon. I honestly wasn't trying to be rude. I was trying to be clear since I failed to do so with my question and earlier comments. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:27 | comment | added | Beckylou | That's the example the university gave, and I believe they mean that it shouldn't be written as "Into the raging river, plummeted the raft..." because that introductory phrase is followed by a verb. I don't think they meant the comma follows a verb. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:25 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Don't be rude: your question is not clear. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:22 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Are you proposing "Into the raging river, plummeted the raft with its frightened occupants"? Or is it "Into the raging river plummeted the raft, with its frightened occupants"? Both commas follow a noun. The first one precedes a verb, and is less natural. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:22 | comment | added | Beckylou | Prepositional Phrases: On the large chalkboard, write each word three times. With your multi-color pen, write each word on paper. Other introductory phrases: Using lined paper, write each word in cursive. Using watercolors, paint each word on your list. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:18 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Pleaase don't describe where you think a comma might be - put some actual examples in the question. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:16 | comment | added | Beckylou | I thought that the comma would come after the introductory phrase that ends with the word "feather" because, per my guidelines, it's four words or longer, but now I'm not sure because of what I read about not placing a comma after a phrase that is followed by a verb. I'm trying to verify if that's true, and if it is, does it also stand for other types of introductory phrases, not just prepositional. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:11 | comment | added | Weather Vane | You already posted that sentence in the question. Where would the comma be? Please edit the question itself for more clarity. You ask if you would use commas, but where? | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:10 | comment | added | Beckylou | Sorry to not be very clear. I wanted to verify that a sentence such as the following would not take a comma because the prepositional phrase is followed by a verb: "With the blue feather [prepositional introductory phrase] write [verb] each spelling word in the air." I also wanted to know if other introductory phrases that are followed by verbs should not take commas either. For example "Using chalk [introductory participial phrase?], write [verb] each word on the chalkboard." | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 23:06 | comment | added | Weather Vane | Please post some more examples showing where the dubious comma is. Only one of your examples has a comma. | |
| Jun 8, 2018 at 22:47 | history | asked | Beckylou | CC BY-SA 4.0 |