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An example from my own writing (Mother and daughter are burying their deceased dog): As planned that Friday, Mom and I underwent Choco’s burial at my home in __ (yes, she kept him in a garbag...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T03:54:12Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Alexandro Chen
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2019-12-08T03:54:12Z (over 4 years ago)
An example from my own writing (Mother and daughter are burying their deceased dog): > **As planned that Friday,** Mom and I underwent Choco’s burial at my home in \_\_ (yes, she kept him in a garbage bag for three days). We dug a hole in the backyard, threw the corpse inside, and shoveled the soil back. **Finally,** my mom knelt down and stuck a handmade wooden cross in the little mountain of dirt. **After that** we stood there, in solemn silence, looking at the grave being bathed by the evening sunlight. I felt strange. Like I’d come visiting a hometown I’d forgotten about a long time ago. I could have written the **bolded** parts like this: > **As planned that Friday** Mom and I underwent Choco’s burial ... > > **Finally** my mom knelt down and stuck the wooden cross ... > > **After that,** we stood there, in solemn silence ... How should I decide whether to put a comma in these cases? Should I follow my hear? Or what English teachers and spelling software tells me?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2014-12-03T16:40:34Z (over 9 years ago)
Original score: 5