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Mon 10 Mar, 2008 06:52 am
I wrote the sentence
I, accidentally, fell into the lake, yesterday.
I know that accidentally, is one of the adverbs in this sentence but my book is telling me that into the lake and yesterday are as well because they describe where and when I fell into the lake.
I also know that the comma's are in the right place. Are the comma's used solely for the reader of the sentence to place more emphasis on the different parts of the sentence?
Could the sentence have also been written - I accidentally fell into the lake, yesterday. or I accidentally fell into the lake yesterday. Which of the three is more correct?
I think "fell" renders "accidentally" unnecessary. "Fell" doesn't need further clarification -- you "dive" in to the lake purposely, or "jump," or "leap," or something like that. If you fall in, the implication is that it's an accident.
Leaving out "accidentally" makes things simpler in terms of commas.
You can just say, "I fell into the lake yesterday."
Quote:I, accidentally, fell into the lake, yesterday.
All of the commas in this sentence are wrong, and should not be there.
Quote:If you fall in, the implication is that it's an accident.
Or that you were a stuntman, or fooling around.
Quote:I also know that the comma's are in the right place.
You need to study apostrophes some more. You don't use them before the final s of plural words!
I would have the sentence with no commas. "Fell" could be intentional, as in you just let yourself drop into the lake, but it isn't usually used in that way.
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