needs a comma?

No punctuation is needed between children and television.

A colon or semicolon would be wrong. A comma wouldn't be entirely wrong, but you'd have to add two commas:

Although some of this may be true, it is also true that, for some children, television, films and radio are the only contact with other cultures.

I think the sentence is fine the way it is.

I agree with Roberta.

I should have included no punctuation as an option. I thought it needed something because when reading it I pause.

Thanks for the quick reply

guelon

Re: needs a comma?

There shouldn't be a comma between "children" and "television" unless you also put a comma between "that" and "for" ("for some children" acts as a parenthetical phrase). And there should be a comma between "films" and "and" (the dreaded serial comma).

You should be warned, however, that more blood than ink has been spilled over comma disputes, and you must be prepared to fight to the death to defend your ultimate choice.

Re: needs a comma?


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