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comma rule for subordinate clause

by arora007 » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:14 am
Still working on my basics.... hope somebody can help.
I made up these two senteces...

Ram went swimming although it was raining.

or

Ram went swimming, although it was raining.

Is there some rule which defines, that there should there be a comma between the subordinate clause and the main clause?
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by Night reader » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:14 pm
i'm not sure if commas are precisely tested on GMAT still
you've got complex sentence below which could be deconstructed as --> Ram went swimming. It was raining.
two sentences joined in one sentence need to be linked with clause prepositions and could be separated by a comma.
your case is in dispute... BUT if you were using and instead of "although" preposition then you had to put comma for sure, here I don't know - may be some expert can help
arora007 wrote:Still working on my basics.... hope somebody can help.
I made up these two senteces...

Ram went swimming although it was raining.

or

Ram went swimming, although it was raining.

Is there some rule which defines, that there should there be a comma between the subordinate clause and the main clause?
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by arora007 » Wed Mar 02, 2011 8:58 am
Yes I guess, in this case the second answer with the comma is correct.
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by gmat_perfect » Thu Mar 03, 2011 10:39 am
arora007 wrote:Still working on my basics.... hope somebody can help.
I made up these two senteces...

Ram went swimming although it was raining.

or

Ram went swimming, although it was raining.

Is there some rule which defines, that there should there be a comma between the subordinate clause and the main clause?
First:

Know the subordinate conjunctions. The following are the subordinate conjunctions that are used to form subordinate clauses:

after, how, till ( or 'til), although, if, unless, as, inasmuch, until, as if, in order that, when, as long as, lest, whenever, as much as, now that, where, as soon as, provided (that), wherever, as though, since, while, because, so that, before, than, even if, that, even though, though.

The most common subordinate conjunctions are:

Because, although, though, when, while, where, so that etc.


We can have some reference from official problems.

Let's see the following sentences:

From GMATPREP:

The government predicts that, for consumers and businesses that make a large number of long-distance calls, the Federal Communications Commission's recent telephone rate cuts will greatly reduce costs, though some consumer groups disagree with the government's estimates, suggesting they are too optimistic. [Prep#1]

The 151 member governments of the World Bank are expected to increase the bank's funding by $75 billion, though some United States legislators cite as an obstacle to congressional passage the concern that the bank's loans will help foreign producers compete with American businesses. [Prep#2]

From Official Guide:

In the textbook publishing business, the second quarter is historically weak, because revenues are low and marketing expenses are high as companies prepare for the coming school year.

The physical structure of the human eye enables it to sense light of wavelengths up to 0.0005 millimeters; infrared radiation, however, is invisible because its wavelength- 0.1 millimeters- is too long to be registered by the eye.

Conclusion:

We can conclude that Though/Because clause can be used in the following ways:

IC + COMMA + Subordinate clause.

IC + NO COMMA + Subordinate clause.

In most cases, the first rule is found.

Note: Since GMAC makes the rule and we are going to play in the field of GMAC, we should abide by the rules made by GMAC. All the rules disclosed via GMATPREP and Official Guides should be mastered.

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