[Grammar] She clapped her hands ...

[DANAU]

Hi.

Some people advised against breaking compound predicate with comma, yet there are others
who suggested using comma to introduce pause between the sequence of actions.

For the sentences below, are both acceptable or one is preferred over the other?

#1--She clapped her hands and after bowing once more to her father ran to find her mother.

#2--She clapped her hands, and after bowing once more to her father, ran to find her mother.

 

[Rover_KE]

Please note that I have changed your thread title.

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

 

[PeterCW]

Re: Comma for compound predicates:

I'd go for:

#2--She clapped her hands and, after bowing once more to her father, ran to find her mother.

Note how Piscean has moved the first comma.

 

[Rover_KE]

...
For the sentences below, are both acceptable or [STRIKE]one[/STRIKE] is one preferred over the other?

;-)

 

[emsr2d2]

Some people [STRIKE]advised[/STRIKE] advise against breaking compound predicates with a comma, yet there are others who [STRIKE]suggested[/STRIKE] suggest using a comma to introduce a pause between the sequence of actions.

Note my corrections above. You need the present simple "advise and "suggest" because those people didn't just advise/suggest it once - they advise/suggest it all the time. You need to work on your use of articles. You missed out all three required indefinite articles.

 

[DANAU]

Hi.

I feel it is more important to include the subject matter in the title because it facilities the search by members.
For example, if I were a user wanting to understand more about compound predicate, then a title that has "compound predicate"
will show up in my search, not so when the title only has "she clapped her hands".

Is there a reason on the need to alway include part of the word/phrase being discussed?
I have always wanted to ask about this, taking this opportunity to get it off my chest.

 

[emsr2d2]

The simple reason is that lots of people might want to ask about "compound predicate". That would lead to our having multiple threads all with the same title, which is no help to anyone. We aim to have as little duplication in titles as possible. By using a string of words from your sentence, the chance of there being another thread with the same title is much lower.

 

[Rover_KE]

Forums without this requirement usually get lots of threads with titles like 'Help', 'I'm stuck', 'grammar question', 'Can anybody help me?' 'Which is correct—1 or 2?', 'Is this sentence correct?' 'exam questions', which are helpful to nobody.