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Grammar help

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Sillyhelp2021 · 08/07/2021 16:37

I'm sure I used to know how to properly construct sentences with commas when I was younger but this seems to leave me in a complete fuddle now. Could you please help with the following examples?

I've written them out with where I think the commas should be.

  1. Yes, you're right, now that I have a clearer view, it looks completely ugly.
  1. Do you think if you have a dog, one does not need a cat?
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takealettermsjones · 08/07/2021 16:45

The first one should read either:

Yes, you're right; now that I have a clearer view, it looks completely ugly.

Or:

Yes, you're right. Now that I have a clearer view, it looks completely ugly.

The second one is fine with regards to the commas, but you're using two different grammatical 'persons' ('you' and 'one').

FourEyesGood · 08/07/2021 16:50

Exactly what takealettermsjones said.

Aprilx · 08/07/2021 16:50

Your first sentence has too many commas, I would have put it into two sentences as the previous poster has suggested.

The syntax is wrong in your second sentence. It would need to be
“Do you think if you have a dog, you do not need a cat?”

Sillyhelp2021 · 08/07/2021 17:03

thank you! I feel like such an idiot.

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Sillyhelp2021 · 14/07/2021 22:43

another example:

Every time I saw him, I felt my heart flutter.

is the comma in the right place, if indeed it should be there all ? (

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Sillyhelp2021 · 16/07/2021 09:44

Bump

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BonnesVacances · 16/07/2021 09:45

[quote Sillyhelp2021]another example:

Every time I saw him, I felt my heart flutter.

is the comma in the right place, if indeed it should be there all ? (

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