comma use question?

Question

in the sentence "him, along with his whole family, moved to new york." should there be a comma between "family" and "moved" or no comma?

Answer 1

It should read : "He, along with his whole family, moved to New York."
You put a comma after 'he' because you are starting a clause, "along with his whole family", after which you put another comma because you're going back to WHO moved to New York.

If you were to say "He and his family moved to New York ", you would not use a comma.

e.g."The woman, together with her children, walked into the store", or, The woman & her children walked into the store."

Answer 2

"He, along with his whole family, moved to New York."

Why is it "He"? Take out "along with his whole family" and say the sentence to yourself.

Him moved to New York.

vs.

He moved to New York.

"He" is clearly the right word to use here. Just thought that I would include that little bit of clarification. Might help you to figure out other sentences in the future as well.

You were right on the commas. "Along with his whole family" is additional information that can be removed from the sentence. Without it, the sentence would still make sense. Therefore, you need commas on either end of it.

Answer 3

He, along with his whole family moved to New York.

He moved his whole family to New York.

The entire family moved to New York.

Commas should be used, sparingly.

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Answer 4

He,along with his whole family, moved to New York.

Answer 5

Yes on the comma.

But use "he" rather than "him".