Is “with love” a comma necessary or not? There are conflicting opinions on this question about where to put a comma and whether it should be put. The same disagreements are caused by polite signature formulas: with respect, sincerely yours, with respect, with best wishes. If the phrase “with love” is a member of a sentence, then a comma is placed in accordance with the rules of syntax.
“With love” is separated by commas
On both sides
If homogeneous members of a sentence are listed, the phrase is highlighted on both sides.
- The husband is obliged to treat his wife with respect, love, and care.
- I raised my daughter with joy, with love, with patience, and now she treats me the same way.
Before the phrase
1. If the listing ends at the end of the sentence.
- My grandmother taught me needlework with affection, with patience, with love.
- It’s amazing how animals treat their young with care, care, and love.
2. If the second part of a complex sentence begins with a phrase.
- I really miss being apart, I lovingly re-read his letters, every word.
- The grandfather does not punish his grandson; he even treats his pranks with love.
After the phrase
In the signature at the end of the letter. Authors of letters of past centuries signed letters without a comma: “With respect, A. Chekhov,” “With Bolshevik greetings, M. Gorky.” Traditions have changed, modern authors are sure that a comma is needed and know where to put it. This so-called “author’s” mark is placed according to intonation and intuition.
Hello! Tell me, please, can direct speech begin with an ellipsis and a small letter? For example, in this text. - How dare you slander a respected person! My Zhenya never, you hear, never... At that moment there was the sound of a car driving away. Hooray! It's gone! I relaxed. - ...your mother should see you! – the neighbor finished her emotional speech. Is it correct to start “seen” with a small letter? Thanks in advance.
It was not possible to find exactly such a case in the reference books, but in the academic reference book ed. V.V. Lopatin has two more or less similar rules.
An ellipsis is placed at the beginning of a sentence to indicate a logical or meaningful break in the text, a sharp transition from one thought to another. In this case, the first word in the sentence is written with capital letters.
Because words. ..Your mother should have seen you! formatted as a separate replica in a new paragraph (and not as the second part of direct speech, inside of which there are the author’s words), we recommend writing with a capital letter:
-...Your mother should see you! – the neighbor finished her emotional speech.
| Question No. 302260 | ||
Very urgent! Tell me, please: “let everything be as you want” - is a comma necessary? Thank you!
Answer help desk Russian language
There is no comma.
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Hello! Please help me with punctuation: 1. It’s time to think like in leading companies. 2. There are no dogs exactly like you. 3. The work is interesting. I won't say easy or difficult, but...
Russian help desk response
Correct punctuation: It's time to think like leading companies. There are no dogs exactly like you. The work is interesting. I won't say if it's easy or difficult, but...
| Question No. 299534 | ||
Hello, does such a thing exist? short adjective"dear"? (text: ...how dear you are to me....)
Russian help desk response
This form exists.
| Question No. 299100 | ||
"Do you think we have a chance?"/"Do you think we have a chance?" - after “what do you think” is it better to put a comma or a colon?
Russian help desk response
Should be written with a comma.
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Separate the word “respectively” with commas.
Russian help desk response
RESPECTIVELY, introductory word
Same as “therefore, means.” For details on punctuation for introductory words and combinations, see Appendix. 2.
One won, and the other respectively, lost, and this bothered them because it upset the statistical balance. A. and B. Strugatsky, Monday begins on Saturday.
! Do not mixwith use as a member of a sentence (meaning “properly”, “as required” or “in accordance with what is said above”).
They call you an old man among themselves, so look at them respectively . B. Vasiliev, And the dawns here are quiet.Since we're going... to the south, as you put it, we should respectively and behave. V. Shukshin, Stoves and benches.
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Hello! We really need an answer to the question whether a comma is needed here: What do you think this person should have done?
Russian help desk response
Missing comma before You since the question is like this: How should this person have done?
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Sorry, I sent the question by accident and didn’t add the rest of the words. 1. But it’s important to me where my son could go, especially as you said, in the middle of nowhere. - are the signs correct?
Russian help desk response
But it’s important to me where my son could go, especially, as you said, in the wilderness.
| Question No. 295015 | ||
Please tell me if a comma is needed in this sentence! It's because of people like you that we lose.
Russian help desk response
The specified comma is needed.
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Hello! Is a comma necessary in the phrase “How do you want it to be?” Thank you!
Russian help desk response
The comma is placed: How do you want it to be?
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Accidentally refreshed the page. It seems to me that the question was not posted. “For life, it doesn’t matter at all how you hit. What matters is what kind of blow you take, how you continue to move forward. If you go, go, if you don’t turn away from fear! That’s the only way to win!” Help with commas in the phrase, please.
Russian help desk response
Correction needed in the first sentence: For life, it doesn’t matter at all how you hit.
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Tell me if the spelling and punctuation marks are correct: There are not many people like you - only you. Thanks in advance
Russian help desk response
The writing is fine. But the meaning is obscured.
| Question No. 289699 | ||
Good afternoon "Who do you think(,)?" Is a comma in parentheses necessary? It seems like a one-word clause, but it looks somehow strange. Thanks in advance!
Russian help desk response
No comma needed.
| Question No. 287175 | ||
Please, is there a period after the quotation marks? I would ask anyone in this situation: “How did you achieve this?” Thank you.
Russian help desk response
No period needed. A period is not placed after the quotation marks if there is an ellipsis, a question mark, or a question mark before the closing quotation marks. exclamation mark, and a quotation (or direct speech) enclosed in quotation marks is an independent sentence.
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Let her not be like you (,) Is there a need for a comma after “like that”?
Russian help desk response
One of the most common in high school is the comma before "what", "how" and in other words in structures that are connected with them. This happens, some authors of school textbooks call all constructions with these words a comparative phrase.
In fact "How" can act as a conjunction or particle. And such a construction is not always a comparative turnover. In some cases it is a circumstance.
The design acts as:
- Predicate: The whole world is like an exciting adventure.
- Definitions or applications: The crocodile, as a rare animal, is listed in the Red Book.
- Comparative turnover or circumstances: Life seethed like a waterfall of passions.
- Introductory design: I decided to change my shirt, or chemise, as my mother would say.
- Subordinate part: Living in the countryside is as difficult as describing the smell of freshly cut grass in words..
Difference and other combinations
Comma before "How" is placed in the following cases:
1) If the combination means exclusively likening, i.e. it means "like" and no longer has any other meanings. This construction is called a comparative phrase and acts as a circumstance in a sentence. For example: Vasily, like a hero, defended his friend. But it is necessary to pay attention to the point that the comparative phrase is not separated by commas if it is in the middle of the sentence. In this case, the part of the sentence to which this construction relates is emphasized. For example: At the ball, Anna, in love like a passionate girl, looked into the eyes of her chosen one. In this sentence, comparative turnover is not separated from "lover" comma only because these words have semantic connection. If there is a comma before the word "How", then it will come out “looked like a passionate lioness”, but the sentence has a completely different meaning.
2) If the combination is used together with the conjunction “and”. This construction is also called a comparative phrase and acts as a circumstance in a sentence: Peter, like everyone else in the class, treated me well.
Applications
In order to prevent another mistake, it is necessary to decide which member of the sentence the combination we are interested in is and what words it is associated with:
1) In the case when used before a combination of words “so”, “that”, “such”, “so” and many others. Such constructions are applications, and in a sentence they act as a definition. For example: He usually did not watch films such as horror or thrillers.
2) The combination has the meaning of causality. Usually it is an application, and in a sentence it acts as a definition. For example: The doctor, as a good specialist, paid a lot of attention to sick patients. This sentence shows the reason in combination "good specialist". The doctor paid a lot of attention to sick patients because he was a good specialist. But do not confuse the application with comparative turnover. A comparative phrase is the likening of one object to another. And an application is when an object is called completely differently .
3) The conjunction is part of the expression "nothing else"; "no one else". For example: This event is nothing more than a pre-planned action. The construction given in this sentence is a nominal compound predicate. And we see that this member of the sentence is separated by a comma.
Introductory structures
In some sentences, combinations are not members of the sentence, but appear. They must be separated with commas on both sides.
1) The conjunction is combined with the following words: “now”, “now”, “before”, “always”, “usually”, “exception”, “rule”, “on purpose” and others. These combinations act as introductory words that are not any members of the sentence. For example: As if on purpose, they were in no hurry to go home.
2) The conjunction is part of the introductory sentence. For example: As Katerina correctly noted, the road was especially difficult. This sentence is simple, despite the presence of two grammar basics. It's just getting more complicated introductory construction. In this case, the construction in which this conjunction is present is introductory sentence. The narrator names the source of the information. The combination is separated by commas.
Comparative phrase and incomplete subordinate clause
Before deciding whether a comma is needed before "How", you need to understand exactly what the difference is between comparative turnover and incomplete subordinate clause. It can be seen in the following example: Nowhere have I felt as good as at home. In this case, the second part is an incomplete subordinate clause. Also, do not confuse the subordinate clause, which is a one-part sentence, with a comparative phrase: Write stories like thisIt’s as difficult as describing the sound of music in words. The second part is a one-part impersonal
Connection with the predicate
There are many examples when a comma comes before "How" not put:
1) The combination is part of the predicate: Time flew by very quickly, the day felt like one hour. The comparative particle is part of the predicate and is emphasized along with it.
2) The word has a semantic connection with the predicate: The meeting flew by in a flash, and I didn’t even have time to come to my senses. In this case, the comma before "How" is not placed because the entire combination with it is a predicate, and the word itself is a comparative particle. Without it, the predicate would lose its true meaning. This award was like a gift from above. This combination also acts as a predicate, because without it the sentence completely loses its meaning. And a comma before "How" that is why it is not installed.
Persistent expressions
Comma before conjunction "How" is not placed if it is part of There are a great many such examples. After the meeting, we gained confidence in the future, because everything went like clockwork. In this case, the combination is part compound predicate, which in this sentence is expressed by phraseology. Life should be valued and cherished like the apple of your eye. The combination is also part of a predicate, which is a persistent expression. That is why the use of different ones is unacceptable here.
A few more features of the use of punctuation marks...
To make the right decision, before "How" whether a comma is needed or not, you need to pay attention to some more nuances. Is there a particle in front of this word? "Not" or these words: “simple”, “exactly”, “exactly”, “absolutely” or "almost". If they are used, then there is no need to put a comma. In this case, such a construction will be called a comparative phrase, and will act as a circumstance in the sentence. For example: Nikolai always behaved with dignity, he acted exactly like a real man. If the combination means "in role", then the comma is also omitted: He spoke at the meeting as a mathematics teacher. This sentence means that the person acted as a mathematics teacher. In fact, he may not be one.
We see that there are quite a few nuances in the use of the comma. You need to pay special attention to them, and then you can easily and simply avoid serious mistakes.
