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[Joseph ma]

James is noting the time ... he is reading the article.

In this sentence should I use , while OR just while

 

[jutfrank]

Are you asking whether there needs to be a comma? No, there doesn't.

Please tell us where you took this sentence from.

 

[Joseph ma]

I appreciate your help.
Someone put this question on a test and insists that it is ,while

 

[Tarheel]

James is noting the time while he is reading the article.

Is that what you mean?

Is there any context to that?

 

[Joseph ma]

Is that what you mean?

Is there any context to that?

Yes, Tarheel, that's exactly what I meant. I have already replied, but my post didn't get approved for 20 minutes.

Unfortunately, it is a question in the test, and I bet the questioner just copied and pasted it because he insists it's wrong.

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, Tarheel, that's exactly what I meant. I have already replied, but my post didn't get approved for 20 minutes.

Unfortunately, it is a question in the test, and I bet the tester just copied and pasted it because he insists it's wrong.

Which one does he say is wrong? The one Jutfrank and I say is correct?

 

[Joseph ma]

Which one does he say is wrong? The one Jutfrank and I say is correct?

Yes

 

[Joseph ma]

Which one does he say is wrong? The one Jutfrank and I say is correct?

Actually, I want to discuss a few questions, but I'm not sure as the moderator said : "We will not help you through a test that was designed to test your lnowledge."

 

[jutfrank]

I bet the questioner just copied and pasted it because he insists it's wrong.

I think that's quite likely, yes.

No, the comma is not necessary. In fact, the sentence is better without it. It's a terribly unnatural sentence anyway.