ok... help me out here... the library is closed and i'm having issues properly using my commas... for some reason... this other student last semester actually screwed me up big time - by continually giving feedback that was horrible... esp in regards to commas.. anyway... here's my sentence...

I would have to agree**comma needed?**"But singular products need the illusion of acceptability." **comma needed?** appears to be the only acceptable sentence in the first paragraph that represents a valid thesis statement.

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I would have to agree, "But singular products need the illusion of acceptability.", appears to be the only acceptable sentence in the first paragraph that represents a valid thesis statement.

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I would have to agree, "But singular products need the illusion of acceptability." appears to be the only acceptable sentence in the first paragraph that represents a valid thesis statement.

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I would have to agree "But singular products need the illusion of acceptability." appears to be the only acceptable sentence in the first paragraph that represents a valid thesis statement.

Does'nt MS word point out those errors?

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Ok.. .yeah MS word does point it out... #2 and #3 do not return any grammatical errors... so that rules out #1... I have it like #3 already

I'm waiting for Fat Mike's response.

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Banned Before Bored

i voted 2 but why wait for me?

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I agree with 2, but I think the whole sentence should be structured better. I mean, yes, it is correct, but feels unnatural.

`not sure if its the same in dutch and english but i think so.

the way i learned it, when theres a 'but' then theres no comma.

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Its not a simple compound sentence with a "but". It's a sentence that contains a quote that happens to start with "but". Therefore, it would be the same as me saying, "The Dutch are all Commie Bastards!". See? There is a comma!

Oh, and I dont I guess Dutch probably SHOULD have a lowercase "d", English is still a proper noun, Oki!

we dont like commas we like commies.

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it's heavy and pasted together

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