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The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...'



 
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The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...' #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 20:50 pm   The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...'		  
Hi

Could you please tell me which one of the folowing seems better to you?

1- When Sam Winters returned from the war his job at TCS Studios was waiting for him.

2- When Sam Winters returned from the war, his job at TCS Studios was waiting for him.

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The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...' #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 20:57 pm   The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...'		  
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I vote for the comma, Tom. Very Happy

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The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...' #3 (permalink) Tue Oct 17, 2006 14:23 pm   The use of the comma: 'When Sam Winters returned...'		  
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Me too. Or 'me, too'.
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