Odd comma placement- please advise
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Odd comma placement- please advise
"Sandwiched between an overly-simplified beginning and an ending with perhaps too much anecdotal advice(,) is a genuinely helpful book for those who respond well to guidelines rather than a step-by-step manual."
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I agree with you; that comma does not belong there.JYLLIANNE CZANSTKOWSKI wrote: ↑09 Feb 2024, 08:57 Can someone please confirm whether this sentence actually needs a comma as noted? I believe the sentence is correct without it and adding a comma breaks it up unnecessarily:
"Sandwiched between an overly-simplified beginning and an ending with perhaps too much anecdotal advice(,) is a genuinely helpful book for those who respond well to guidelines rather than a step-by-step manual."
I also would not take the other user's advice to include the word "this" in your sentence. That would make for a really unnatural-sounding turn of phrase, whereas your initial phrase is both natural and (as far as I know) grammatically correct.
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