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Nat093
 
Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 11:10 am
I wonder if I should put a comma at the end of a definition, as in the following:

linguistic competence - the knowledge of a language possesed by a speaker
to indulge - to allow yourself to have or do something that you enjoy
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 12:29 pm
@Nat093,
Nat, an immediate reaction, the phrase after the second hyphen must apply to the verb 'indulge ,' in which case the comma would be perfectly okay

However, technically then, the definition includes that phrase, throwing the speedreader into a state of confusion

Guys, help me help
Nat093
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 12:40 pm
@dalehileman,
These are definitions taken from a dictionary. I am not interested about the content, but rather if I should put a comma at the end of such a defintiopn (when there is a term + hyphen + definition).
Nat093
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 12:45 pm
@Nat093,
Or, for example, when I write something like this:

What do phrasal units have in common?
* they cannot be decomposed into separate parts

and use small letters, should I put a comma at the end?
dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 01:01 pm
@Nat093,
I'm sorry Nat but at 86 I'm so confused and taken aback by all the confusion that I can only hope for responses from many of our experts

...with my most sincere apologies for checking out so early
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centrox
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 01:13 pm
@Nat093,
Nat093 wrote:

I wonder if I should put a comma at the end of a definition, as in the following:

linguistic competence - the knowledge of a language possesed by a speaker
to indulge - to allow yourself to have or do something that you enjoy



Do not use a comma and a hyphen.
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centrox
 
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Reply Tue 24 Jan, 2017 01:14 pm
@Nat093,
Nat093 wrote:

Or, for example, when I write something like this:

What do phrasal units have in common?
* they cannot be decomposed into separate parts

and use small letters, should I put a comma at the end?



If you mean after "parts", absolutely not. I suggest you study the rules of punctuation.
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