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- 11-May-2007, 00:59 #1
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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 …
- 11-May-2007, 01:19 #2
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Re: Is a comma or semi colon needed here? No punctuation.
Why is it that I never ...
- 13-May-2007, 04:57 #3
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Re: Is a comma or semi colon needed here? 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?Last edited by Starstreams; 13-May-2007 at 05:03.
- 13-May-2007, 18:08 #4
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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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