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Hello,
According to MGMAT SC, "subordinators, such as because and although, create subordinate clauses, which can in turn attach to a main clause WITH A COMMA".
For example:
I need to relax, BECAUSE I have so many things to do.
Does always a subordinator have to go with a comma in a sentence?
I remember that when I learned English that it is not necessarily true.
Please, base your answer on the GMAT rules, not in your daily English knowledge.
According to MGMAT SC, "subordinators, such as because and although, create subordinate clauses, which can in turn attach to a main clause WITH A COMMA".
For example:
I need to relax, BECAUSE I have so many things to do.
Does always a subordinator have to go with a comma in a sentence?
I remember that when I learned English that it is not necessarily true.
Please, base your answer on the GMAT rules, not in your daily English knowledge.
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04 Mar 2011, 07:56
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As far as I remember, I have not come across any such rule. I have seen a number cases in which subordinators are used without comma.
For e.g.:
I do not like to write my GMAT now although I am well prepared.
I do not like to write my GMAT now because March is an inauspicious month.
In both the above cases, the sentences are perfectly grammatical. But look at them another way.
Although I am well prepared, I do not like to write my GMAT now.
Because March is an inauspicious month, I do not like to write my GMAT now
These are also grammatically correct. At best, we can say that when a complex sentence containing a subordinate clause is preceded by the main clause, them perhaps a comma becomes essential.
For e.g.:
I do not like to write my GMAT now although I am well prepared.
I do not like to write my GMAT now because March is an inauspicious month.
In both the above cases, the sentences are perfectly grammatical. But look at them another way.
Although I am well prepared, I do not like to write my GMAT now.
Because March is an inauspicious month, I do not like to write my GMAT now
These are also grammatically correct. At best, we can say that when a complex sentence containing a subordinate clause is preceded by the main clause, them perhaps a comma becomes essential.
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