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Can some one please check the grammar in this sentence.

 
 
Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 09:42 am
This is a business slogan, you can see it here: http://webhost.pro

"More power means more customers"

As a slogan should it have a , in it like this:

"More power, means more customers."

I feel like there should be a small pause after power.

Thanks!
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 10:07 am
@urnoriginal,
Urn I quite agree tho the trend is away from the comma
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InfraBlue
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 10:29 am
It's grammatical without the comma.

With the comma it's ungrammatical because you're creating two dependent clauses. With the comma you'd need to write something like, "more power, it means more customers."

For emphasis you can use italics, "more power means more customers."
dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 11:16 am
@InfraBlue,
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It's grammatical without the comma.
True, Blue

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With the comma it's ungrammatical...
Again, true, Blue, at least technically. However it's done hundreds of thousands of tines a day by many whom you at least believe should know better

dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 11:36 am
@dalehileman,
The rule as I remember it from my spent youth, "You can use a comma anywhere you think a slight pause is needed"
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urnoriginal
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 09:50 pm
Thanks guys, if it can go both ways then the way it is fine. Really appreciate it!
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FBM
 
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Reply Mon 3 Aug, 2015 11:22 pm
Quote:
Comma with Subjects and Verbs
A comma shouldn’t separate a subject from its verb.


http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/comma/4/comma-with-subjects-and-verbs/
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