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(With the help of her brother,..) comma placement in this sentence



califragil 1 / -  
Jan 2, 2012   #1
With the help of her brother, she had learned the basics of reading, such as sounding out words, looking at pictures for help, and using the dictionary.

Should there be a comma between "reading" and "such as"?

jocelynt44 1 / 3  
Jan 3, 2012   #2
"With the help of her brother, she had learned the basics of reading such as, sounding out words, looking at pictures for help, and using the dictionary." I believe this is how it should be but I'm not 100%
aripeters17 4 / 10  
Jan 3, 2012   #3
It is correct the way you originally posted it. :)
Mango17 - / 15  
Jan 3, 2012   #4
With the help of her brother, she had learned the basics of reading, such as: sounding out words, looking at pictures for help, and using the dictionary.

Yes I feel the comma is coorect after reading because it would be too incomplete without it there. I added the semicolon because I feel it worked in the sentence and it's always good to show some diversity in your syntax!
princedynasty 15 / 57  
Jan 3, 2012   #5
I agree with your original sentence. It is grammatically correct
sweetpea29 1 / 1  
Jan 3, 2012   #6
reading, such as: Don't be afraid of the colon marks. The independent clause before the colon should be able to stand alone. "... she had learned the basics of reading, such as:..."


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