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C5A3g
For Clarity
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Use a comma to avoid ambiguity or misreading.
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Sally spoke to Ruth, and Tom spoke to George.
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I told Mary, Jane was missing.
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What I say I will do, I do.
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He ran the course zigzagging up the hill.
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He ran the course, zigzagging up the hill.
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In the last two examples above, the terminal participle
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zigzagging
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modifies
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course
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or
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ran
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depending on whether or
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not it is preceded by a comma.
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Related information
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