Hey folks, I was just wondering whether I should use a comma, colon or semicolon between 'ingested' and 'descriminating' in the sentence below.
Taste functions as a primary checkpoint in the evaluation of substances to be ingested, discriminating between those of nutritional benefit and those that are potentially harmful.
2006-09-26 18:27:30 · 10 answers · asked by nanaki_13_13 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Comma is not merely fine, but essential.
A semi-colon would be used if you had two complete sentences. Instead you have a descriptive phrase (beginning with "discriminating"), which is merely clarifying but not necessary.
"Taste functions as a primary checkpoint in the evaluation of substances to be ingested" is a complete sentence by itself, so the clarifying phrase takes a comma.
2006-09-26 18:40:48 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Use the comma. Consider instead a dash.
2006-09-26 18:57:42 · answer #2 · answered by stumpy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Comma or long dash (not short hyphen)
2006-09-26 20:31:53 · answer #3 · answered by KIT J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your comma placement is correct...... there's nothing wrong about the sentence.... nice one
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2006-09-26 18:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by piovictor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comma is o.k but a dash is not wrong
2006-09-26 18:59:53 · answer #5 · answered by Ashley. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comma.
2006-09-26 18:42:35 · answer #6 · answered by Rick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comma is fine; thanks for the two points - I needed them, I think.
2006-09-26 18:36:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
comma..
2006-09-26 18:56:01 · answer #8 · answered by Nancy S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
comma..
2006-09-26 18:32:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
coma
2006-09-26 18:30:18 · answer #10 · answered by jason h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋