Thursday, December 5, 2013

punctuation - Does the following sentence structure require comma?



Does the following sentence structure require comma?



S(pronoun) V(thought|wished|felt|knew|…) S V.



As in:




“He wished it would go away.”




“I feel it is all so wrong.”



“He thought it was hilarious.”




Or should it be:




“He wished, it would go away.”




“I feel, it is all so wrong.”



“He thought, it was hilarious.”




Or is it a matter of style?



Thanks,


Answer




The first set is correct as written.
The question of commas becomes necessary with direct quotation as opposed to indirect quotation.



Indirect: He thought [that (implied)] it was hilarious. (No commas are called for.)



Direct: He thought, "It was hilarious."


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