would you place a comma here?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

The patient underwent a treadmill test and this was abnormal, in the

sense that the patient had frequent premature ventricular

contractions observed.

Would you place a comma after " abnormal " in the above sentence?

Thanks.

Deepika.

[Guest guest]

No, I personally would put a comma before the conjunction 'and' as a

complete thought/sentence follows this. If you feel for ease of reading a

comma could go after 'abnormal',. That would not be wrong to do so, but it

really doesn't need one other than before the conjunction 'and'.

c

-- would you place a comma here?

Hi,

The patient underwent a treadmill test and this was abnormal, in the

sense that the patient had frequent premature ventricular

contractions observed.

Would you place a comma after " abnormal " in the above sentence?

Thanks.

Deepika.

[Guest guest]

No comma after " abnormal. "

Here's why:

1. The comma would be used to set of a nonrestrictive clause or

phrase.

2. " . . .in the sense that the patient had frequent premature

ventricular contractions observed. " is restrictive.

3. To test whether a clause or phrase is restrictive or

nonrestrictive, leave it out. If nothing important is missing, it's

nonrestrictive. If the meaning of the sentence changes, it's

restrictive.

When you take out that comma, put it in after " test " to separate two

independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction.

The complete sentence will now read:

" The patient underwent a treadmill test, and this was abnormal in

the sense that the patient had frequent premature ventricular

contractions observed. "

Now, if we could just get the physician to dictate the word TEST

after THIS in the second clause, that sentence would be

grammatically correct. ;-)

Valeria Truitt

> Hi,

> The patient underwent a treadmill test and this was abnormal, in

the

> sense that the patient had frequent premature ventricular

> contractions observed.

> Would you place a comma after " abnormal " in the above sentence?

> Thanks.

> Deepika.

[Guest guest]

Thanks to both of you for your replies.

Deepika.

> > Hi,

> > The patient underwent a treadmill test and this was abnormal, in

> the

> > sense that the patient had frequent premature ventricular

> > contractions observed.

> > Would you place a comma after " abnormal " in the above sentence?

> > Thanks.

> > Deepika.