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beardigin · Joined: 20 Sep 2006

Hello,

I have been having an ongoing discussion with my boss. He seems to believe that our kids will have an easier time understanding English, when reading, if they pause after every noun. I am convinced that if we teach our kids this method, to enhance short term understanding, in the long run our students will be virtually incomprehensible when reading to native speakers.

Can anyone provide any examples where adding commas after every noun changes the discernible meaning of the sentence? The only example I can think of is how adding commas destroys the context of dependent clauses.

Thanks.

robot · Joined: 07 Mar 2006

Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy�will you let me be yours?

Gloria

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Dear John,

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior. You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,

Gloria

Ryst Helmut · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 7:17 am Post subject:

Not exactly what you are looking for, but....

Robot, said its boss, is an idiot.

Robot said, "Its boss is an idiot."

I do something similar with my students to liven the atmosphere sometimes. What can I say...they love robots....

!shoosh,

Ryst

Thunndarr · Joined: 30 Sep 2003

There's a grammar book that uses this example:

A panda eats shoots and leaves.

A panda eats, shoots, and leaves.

faster · Joined: 03 Sep 2006

All the books which included outdated information were discarded.
(some books had outdated information)

All the books, which included outdated information, were discarded.
(all the books had outdated information)

Go look up restrictive vs. non-restrictive clauses.

peppermint · Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:01 pm Post subject:

grainger · Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Location: Wonju, Korea

A woman without her man is nothing!

A woman, without her man is nothing!

Woland · Joined: 10 May 2006 Location: Seoul

Pak Yu Man · Joined: 02 Jun 2005 Location: The Ida galaxy

Tell you boss to worry about money and you will worry about English.
Don't let him mangle the language. Your students will suffer for it in the long run.