Timeline for Is "As a member of a rescue team" a dependent clause and does it therefore warrant a comma after it?
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| Aug 16, 2019 at 15:21 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | I'd class the introductory element as a (prepositional) phrase here. CED_Grammar Today has: 'As as a preposition ... We use as with a noun to refer to the role or purpose of a person or thing: I worked as a waiter when I was a student. Most of us did. / Collins: as prep 13. in the role of; being: as his friend, I am probably biased. // Compare For an Elbonian, she's not so bad. | |
| Aug 16, 2019 at 14:45 | history | edited | halloleo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Explain question in more detail
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| Aug 16, 2019 at 14:10 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Aug 16, 2019 at 13:53 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Possible duplicate of Comma after introductory phrases | |
| Aug 16, 2019 at 10:11 | vote | accept | halloleo | ||
| Aug 14, 2019 at 14:55 | answer | added | Jason Bassford | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 14, 2019 at 6:08 | comment | added | halloleo | @JasonBassford Fair point, Jason. I have updated the sample sentence accordingly. But my question stays: Is the phrase a dependent clause? | |
| Aug 14, 2019 at 6:03 | history | edited | halloleo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Better sample sentence plus spelling
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| Aug 14, 2019 at 5:35 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | Regardless of anything else, it's a dangling modifier. As it's written, it's saying that your experience (not you) was a member of the rescue team. So, no matter what you do, you should rephrase it. | |
| Aug 14, 2019 at 5:11 | history | asked | halloleo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |