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Tue 13 Dec, 2016 11:28 am
We discuss “appreciation”, (four debts of gratitude), “Gohoko”, (offering our life to the XYZ object of worship), as well as “itai doshin”, (our hearts and minds becoming one).
Are the highlighted commas necessary? Thanks.
The first bolded comma is unnecessary.
Is there a reason why Gohoko" is capitalized but “itai doshin” isn't?
@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:
The first bolded comma is unnecessary.
Is there a reason why Gohoko" is capitalized but “itai doshin” isn't?
Thanks, InfraBlue.
1. They are spelt that way. I don't know why.
2. Why is the first comma unnecessary, but the other commas are needed?
Sorry, after reading the sentence again, the punctutation would be better like this:
We discuss “appreciation” (four debts of gratitude), “Gohoko” (offering our life to the XYZ object of worship), as well as “itai doshin” (our hearts and minds becoming one).
The commas aren't necessary before the parenthetical explanations.
@InfraBlue,
InfraBlue wrote:The commas aren't necessary before the parenthetical explanations.
This is absolutely right. They are not only unnecessary, they are incorrect.
@tanguatlay,
We discuss “appreciation” (four debts of gratitude)
and “Gohoko”, (offering our life to the XYZ object of worship) as well as “itai doshin” (our hearts and minds becoming one)
@tanguatlay,
Quite welcome Tang. We can only hope for more of the easier q's
@dalehileman,
dalehileman wrote:
Quite welcome Tang. We can only hope for more of the easier q's
I thought my questions were difficult for non-natives but not for natives.
@tanguatlay,
Tang, your q's asre just fine. I was thinking more in terms of the typical 3000-word homework assignment with no paragraphing
Listen to InfraBlue and Contrex.
@ossobucotemp,
Indeed Oss but also see mine above #....968 also showing current usage
@dalehileman,
You're rewriting the sentence, though.
That being said, I'd put the comma after "(offering our life to the XYZ object of worship)," not before it.
Meantime, I see those as apostrophes, not as a commas. Has this changed?
There are no apostrophes in tanguatlay's sentence.
@InfraBlue,
Then this has changed.
“ is what I've long known as an apostrophe, not a comma.
@ossobucotemp,
(") is a quotation mark.
Tanguatlay is referring to (,) a comma.
@InfraBlue,
Aha, and doh, beg pardon.
I do know what those two entities look like.
@InfraBlue,
Quote: comma after "..." not before it
Quite right Infra; it was a typo for which no excuse whatever. I meant to use no commas at all
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