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usage of comma #1 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 12:46 pm   usage of comma		  
Hello everyone

I'd like to ask if I should use a comma after "languages" in the following sentence:

At the Institute of Foreign Languages in Moscow, he studied French and German.
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usage of comma #2 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 13:00 pm   usage of comma		  

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Hi Klpno,

The comma isn't needed here.

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usage of comma #3 (permalink) Mon Feb 23, 2009 13:37 pm   usage of comma		  
Thank you very much, Alan.
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