When it comes to learning of English language, grammar plays an important role. In grammar, one of the most important areas is the function of prepositional phrases. Prepositions are nothing but the set of words used closely with pronouns and nouns for showing their relationship with another part of the clause. Propositions introduce the object of the prepositional phrase. Its role is to explain a time-connected, plausible or spatial relationship between the object and other part of the propositional phrase. Some of the propositions in English are above, off, within... Read more...
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1. Setting off the introductory element of a sentence
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Another instance in which the comma is necessary is where it is used to set off the introductory elements of a sentence. We can illustrate this by considering that last sentence. The subject of the sentence is another instance in which the comma is necessary. We could have started the paragraph, however, with an introductory clause:
If we move on to the second use of the comma, we can consider another instance in which the comma is necessary to set off the introductory element of a sentence.
In this example, the introductory element is just a way of establishing a link ease the reader into the main points being made. The same thinking is in evidence when we use tiny verb... Read more...