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Jan 19 2009 6:42PM GMT
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
compound predicates, commas
Writing for Business - Comma abuse
Posted by: Margaret Rouse
compound predicates, commas
The new and improved Storage-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings _________________ getting a lot of attention.
a. look a lot different than they used to, and are
b. look a lot different than they used to and are
Answer: b
Explanation: The subject of the sentence, offerings, is the subject for two verbs — getting and look. Don’t put a comma between the two verbs or verb phrases in a compound predicate. (See Comma Rule #13.)
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