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Question Is a comma or semi colon needed here?
Hi,
For the following sentence, is a comma or semi colon needed here?

Why is it; that whenever I …

or should it be

Why is it that whenever I …

or

Why is it, that whenever I …
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Thank you Barb_D!
I'm not sure why I'm making my own rules up, some times I feel like the there should be a pause when there should not.

Thanks for the answer!

O by the way,
See that sentence above I just posted: the one that reads; I'm not sure why I'm making my own rules up,

Should that have a question mark? in that sentence I'm not expecting a response, rather I'm thinking it to myself, doses it still needs a question mark? I’m guessing that sentence would be what is known as rhetorical...right?
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Default Re: Is a comma or semi colon needed here?
Actually, there is a very easy rule to keep in mind.
Whenever you've a WH-question as part of a lnoger sentence, there should be no comma.
Eg. I don't know what to do.
I didn't understand how/why/where........ .
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