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commas in sentence - drummergurl


Posted: Mar 22, 2011

Where do the commas go, if any, in the sentence below. Thank you.

Ms. Smith is an 80-year-old Farsi-speaking female with metastatic adenocarcinoma.

I would not put any commas in this sentence. - orthogirl

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No commas. nm - Anon

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comma - Jenn

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No commas at all in this sentence.


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