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Old 15-Apr-2004, 17:11
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Default Re: punctuation

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Originally Posted by mengta
John's relatively indirect statement is a step forward compared to his stronger language in the past.

does it need a "comma" between "forward" and "compared" ?

is it correct if i rewrite the sentence to "John's relatively indirect statement,which is compared to his stronger language in the past,is a step forward.

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I would place a comma between "forward" and "compared".

Your revision is not correct. It would work, if you replace "which is" with "when".

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