| 词组 | comma |
| 释义 | comma A great deal of space is devoted in many handbooks to the various standard uses of the comma. Since this information is so widely available—in Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary and Webster's Standard American Style Manual, among other sound guides—we will not repeat it here. There is also a good deal of comment on the use or nonuse of a comma before the coordinating conjunction in a series of three or more. In spite of all the discussion, practice boils down to the writer's personal preference, or sometimes a house or organizational style. Additional comment is not needed. There are, however, a few other issues involving the comma. 1. See comma fault. 2. Comma between subject and predicate. It is no longer cricket to separate the subject and predicate with punctuation. "How," asks Simon 1980 rhetorically, "can one possibly separate the subject... from the predicate ... by a comma?" The comma between subject and predicate is an old convention that has fallen into disuse and disfavor. It was common in the 18th century: • What Methods they will take, is not for me to prescribe —Jonathan Swift, "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue," 1712 • The words for all that, seem too low —Murray 1795 • The first thing to be studied here, is grammatical propriety —Murray 1795 This comma is now universally frowned on and tends to be found only as a vice of comic-strip writers, advertisers, and others who are not on their guard. You should avoid the practice. |
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