Good afternoon, please help with punctuation in the sentence: Show me a person who, after my mother's "do what you want", would really do what you want. Do whatever you want. Do you need a comma? thanks a lot
The comma is not needed.
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"Let's find out what she wants, what you want ...". In such sentences, should you use "what" or "what"?
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Preferably: what do you want, what do you want.
| Question #298034 | ||
Hello! Tell me if you need a comma - ask (,) what do you want?
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A comma is not required.
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Good afternoon. Many times I saw, even here, a question like "I forgot how to breathe." Still, a comma is needed or not. And why?
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
The comma is needed. This is a complex sentence, and it does not apply to those models in which a comma is not put. Here is an excerpt from D. E. Rosenthal's Handbook of Punctuation.
§ 33. A comma between the main and subordinate parts of a complex sentence
1. The subordinate clause of a complex sentence is separated or highlighted by commas: While his wife was preparing breakfast, Danilov went out into the garden(Pan.); How long he sat at the fallen spruce, Andrey did not remember(Bub.); Her piercing, sharp voice, which is only found in the south, cut the distance, almost unabated.(Paul); Kapustin promised to negotiate with the head of the school so that he would increase the number of sorties for Meresyev, and suggested that Alexei draw up a training program for himself(Floor.); The injection of water can serve as direct evidence that pain influences in themselves are not able to lower the secretion.(I.P.); The old man ordered the meat to be cooked for real, so that it would look good.(Sem.).
2. As part of a complex sentence, there may be an incomplete sentence - in the main part or subordinate clause:
1) incomplete in the main part: We've been married for two years now(cf.: We've been married for two years now- simple sentence); It's been a month since he returned from the south(cf.: It's been a month since he returned from the south- a comma before the union would “tear off” the predicate from the subject); It's been three weeks since we've been here(cf.: We've been here for three weeks- the circumstance of place is expressed by the combination like here); but: Third day as he is here- a simple sentence, while in the examples above, the main part of the sentence implied the words: elapsed since that time;
2) incomplete or close to incomplete in the subordinate part: It was hard to understand what was going on.;Ready to help in any way I can;Gradually learned to figure out what's what(cf.: Understand what's what); People know what they're doing; Come in, who's already with checks; Sit where it's free; Do whatever it takes; Set as you like; Tell who should; Resolutely scolded all and sundry(with a touch of clarification; cf.: Leaflets are piled up, they are taken by all and sundry- phraseological turnover with the meaning "anyone who wants, who wants to"); Send where needed; but: Do what you want etc. (see § 41, paragraph 2. Expressions with a verb are not separated by a commato want, forming expressions that are integral in meaning:write how you want("write in any way");whoever wants to command him;he is not driven only by those who do not want;come when you want;take as much as you want;play with whoever you want;do what you want;manage as you wish;write any article you want;drink whatever wine you want;marry whoever you want(but: marry whoever you want;marry whoever he wants- P ri dismembered meaning of verbs that form the predicate of an incomplete sentence)).
3. If the main part of a complex sentence is inside the subordinate clause (in a colloquial style of speech), then the comma is usually placed only after the main part (but not before it); compare: It cannot be said that he was engaged in the economy ...(G.) - You can’t say that he would be engaged in farming; But these words make me uncomfortable for you to say...(Hertz.) But I'm uncomfortable for you to say these words.
Words not separated by commas see, you know etc. in interrogative-exclamatory sentences like: And you know how good he is!; Do you see what he is doing?(see § 25, paragraph 8).
4. A comma is not placed between the main and following the subordinate clause of a complex sentence in the following cases:
1) if before subordinating union or the allied word is a negative particle not: At sea, in pitching, you sleep not when you want, but when you can(Gonch.); Try to find out not what they have already done, but what they are going to do next.; I came not to interfere with your work, but, on the contrary, to help; The Roman generals considered it important to establish not how many enemy troops in front of them, but where they were; He knows not only where the game is found, but also what varieties of it live there.;
2) if a subordinating union or allied word is preceded by a coordinating union and, or, or etc. (usually repetitive): Consider both what he said and how he said it.; He did not hear how his sister entered the room, nor how she silently left; I will respond to your request either when the next issue of the newsletter arrives or when I myself make the necessary inquiry, cf. also with a single union: I had no idea how to get out of the situation; I know how it's done; The boy was forgiven and when he did not obey anyone, but (with the reverse order of the main and subordinate parts): What was the name of this boy, and I do not remember;
3) if the subordinate clause consists of one allied word (relative pronoun or adverb): I would also like to know why(L.T.); I don't know why but I didn't understand it(Trif.); He left and did not say where; He promised to return soon, but did not specify when.; It's hard to say why; The mother determined the temperature of the child with her lips: she would put them on her forehead and immediately determine how much; Someone gave the patient a cup of water, he did not even look at who; I will not say what, I say - a great misfortune.
A comma is not put, and if there are several relative words that act as homogeneous members suggestions: I don't know why or how, but the letter suddenly disappeared; Call - ask who and why.
If there is a particle with the allied word, then setting a comma is optional; compare: I don't remember exactly what; It's hard for him to say what else.; This quote can be found, I even remember about where.
In context, it is possible to put a comma before a single allied word; compare: What should be done? Teach what(strengthened logical selection of the pronoun). - At one time he whispered something, they could not understand - what?(A.T.) (setting a dash emphasizes the meaning of the pronoun and is justified by interrogative intonation).
5. If there are words before the subordinating conjunction especially, in particular, that is, namely, for example, as well as, but just etc. with an attached meaning, then a comma is not placed after these words (cf. § 24, paragraph 4): Schoolchildren do not want to study in the spring, especially when the sun is warm and bright; I had to carry out additional research work, in particular, when the experimental verification of the operation of the machine began; The author has the right to receive part of the royalties in accordance with the terms of the contract, that is, when the manuscript is approved by the publisher; The expedition will have to end ahead of schedule under adverse conditions, namely when the rainy season begins; Just in case, have your ID with you, for example, when you receive money by postal order; The graduate student came to Moscow to meet with his supervisor and also to work in the archives.
6. If there are reinforcing particles in front of the subordinating union just, just, just, exclusively etc., then a comma is placed in front of them contrary to intonation (when reading, a pause is not made in front of them; cf. § 20): Katya left the dining room just as we stepped towards each other through some suitcases.(Kav.); I will do this work only if I am free(cf.: ...if only I'm free); He came just to help me(cf.: He came not only to see me, but also to help me.- negative particle influence not).
Do not put a comma after the highlight particles here, after all facing the subordinating conjunction in the subordinate clause preceding the main: There is nothing much to brag about yet, that's how we will do the job, then come.
| Question No. 295172 | ||
Tell me, is a comma needed in the phrase “Watch what you want” (meaning “watch on TV”)? Or should this phrase be taken as a whole expression in terms of meaning?
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You don't need to put a comma.
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In a sentence, you can tell them everything you want to say, and they will believe. Do you need a comma after the word "want?" I would be grateful for an answer.
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
If the words All you want used to mean "anything, absolutely everything", then the correct punctuation is: You can tell them whatever you want and they will believe you.
| Question #291739 | ||
Hello! Please answer, I am writing for the second time! Choose what you want from our catalog. Need commas? Is it a complete expression (like "do whatever you want") or a truncated subordinate clause(must stand out)? I really appreciate your help, thanks!
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
No commas are needed because words what do you want in this sentence they mean "anything". Right: Choose what you want from our catalog.
| Question #288495 | ||
Yes, do whatever you want! Please check commas.
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
There are two options depending on intonation: Yes, whatever you want to do! and Yes, do whatever you want!
| Question #287317 | ||
Hello! The question arose: is a comma needed in the sentence "We do what we want." The proposal is planned to be used to refer to a whole series of books. Or does punctuation work here like "do what you want, live as you want", and a comma is not needed? Thanks to
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
The comma is not needed.
| Question #285913 | ||
Hello! I need your help. I have a very stupid question: do I need a comma before the word "what" in the sentence "grandma does not know what to do." I looked at Rosenthal, but I still didn’t understand whether I should put it on or not? He says that you can not put "A comma is not placed before a subordinating union or an allied word as part of indecomposable combinations" (do what you want). However, there was a dispute and the opponent claims that it is necessary here! I will be grateful!
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
The comma is needed. Wed example from the reference book by D. E. Rosenthal: The prince is so amazed that he does not know what to do.
| Question No. 278207 | ||
Good afternoon, tell me if additional signs are needed here: "Connect the Internet and do what you want"? Thank you.
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
No, no punctuation is needed anymore.
| Question #276159 | ||
Do you need commas in the sentences “Do (,) what you want”, “Go (,) where you want”, “Where you want (,) go”?
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
The specified commas are not required.
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Hello!Could you explain the use of a comma or its absence in the line "Write me what you want". Thanks in advance!
Write to me what you want. Let the lines seem torn.
Those who are frozen so often have no shelter in the night.
I know that before you were, like me, lonely.
Write to me what you want. Write about the betrayal of Brutus.
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
The comma is not needed. Expressions with a verb are not separated by a comma to want, forming expressions that are integral in meaning, cf .: come when you want; take as much as you like; walk with whom you want; do what you want.
| Question #228879 | ||
Please tell me if the punctuation in the sentence is correct: "So (,) you want - you don't want, but you need to shave"
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
That's right: _So you want or don't want to, but you have to shave_.
| Question #217084 | ||
Hello! Tell me if a comma is needed before what in the example: In a department store, everything you want. Thank you, Vera Polyakova.
The answer of the reference service of the Russian language
In the meaning of an integral expression, _everything you want is written without a comma.
This rule is based on the fact that phraseological units do not form a subordinate clause and, as a rule, are equivalent to a sentence member. Yes, combined talk about it wherever he can the last words mean "everywhere". If any of the above and similar combinations is not used as a phraseological phrase, then it can form a subordinate clause (often incomplete) and be separated by commas. Wed: Colloquial words began to be used where necessary and where not needed(i.e. everywhere). - Put the missing punctuation marks where necessary(i.e. where needed).
Note. Incomplete subordinate clauses, as well as turns that do not have the character of phraseological combinations, are separated by commas, for example: behave properly; works wherever he has to, does whatever the authorities want; understand what's what; visits the sick when necessary; it is necessary to distinguish between what is important and what is not important; I can't figure out where it hurts.
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§ 115. Comparative turnovers
- Commas stand out or separate comparative phrases that begin with unions as if, as if, as if, exactly, than, rather than, what and others, for example: Sometimes you shoot a hare, you wound him in the leg, and he screams like a child(Chekhov); On Red Square, as if through the fog of centuries, the outlines of walls and towers are unclear.(A. N. Tolstoy); From somewhere it smelled of musty dampness, as if from a cellar.(Mamin-Sibiryak); Panteleimon ... sits on a goat, stretching forward straight, like wooden hands(Chekhov); Ginger with a magician entered the forest along a wide, as if swept, path(Svirsky); Better late than never(proverb); It was safer to fly at night than during the day: the air ocean is more stable(Perventsev); ... And her hair[mermaids] green that your cannabis(Turgenev); Nikolai Petrovich was born in the south of Russia, like his older brother Pavel(Turgenev).
Note. Comparative phrases with the indicated unions that are part of the predicate or are closely related to it in meaning are not separated by commas, for example: The stars in the dark sky are like sequins scattered on velvet; He looks at life as if through rose-colored glasses; A mighty oak and next to it a white-trunked birch is like a warrior in armor and a girl in a wedding dress; A merry song like a winged bird: it flies far, far away; He and I are like brothers(for the absence of a dash in these cases, see § 79, para. 1, note, subpara. 2).
- Commas stand out or separate comparative phrases that begin with a union how:
1) if they denote assimilation, without other shades of meaning ( how means "similar"), for example: And he saw himself as rich as in a dream(Krylov); Around the tall brow, like clouds, curls turn black(Pushkin); His hands were trembling like mercury(Gogol); The air is clean and fresh, like the kiss of a child...(Lermontov); In the sky brightly sparkled, like a living eye, the first star(Goncharov); Below, like a steel mirror, lakes of jets turn blue(Tyutchev); Like a seagull, the sail there is white in height(Fet); At the very bottom, dry and yellow as copper, lay huge slabs of clay stone.(Turgenev); Words endlessly stretched out one after another, like thick saliva.(Saltykov-Shchedrin); The old bridge was broken, and in its place they made a basement embankment, straight as a stick(L. Tolstoy); The old man cried like a child(Nikitin); Korolev is trying to introduce school discipline and treats students as students of the gymnasium where he was director(Korolenko); ... We drank grandmother's liquors - yellow as gold, dark as tar, and green(Bitter); Words with us, down to the most important thing, become a habit, decay like a dress ...(Mayakovsky); He moved with restraint, like a man who knows how to manage his time well.(Fedin); Through my whole life, as through a thousand years, I carried this memory(Prishvin); And the wife is already standing at the door and holding the frying pan, like a gun, at the ready.(Sholokhov); The steppe went into the distance, vast and even, like the sea(L. Sobolev); There were a lot of people on the street, like on a holiday(Tikhonov); Lightning, like ties, fly in the wind(Bagritsky); And hugged like brothers, father and boy-son(Twardowski);
2) if there is a demonstrative word in the main part of the sentence so, such, that, so, For example: The coachman was as amazed at his generosity as the Frenchman himself was at Dubrovsky's offer.(Pushkin); Nowhere at a mutual meeting do they bow so nobly and naturally as on Nevsky Prospekt(Gogol); His facial features were the same as those of his sister.(L. Tolstoy); Laevsky is unquestionably harmful and just as dangerous to society as the cholera microbe...(Chekhov); Everything around is somehow ecclesiastical, and the oil smells as strong as in the church.(Bitter). But: Our group passed all tests ahead of schedule, as well as parallel(without division complex union, see § 108);
3) if the turnover begins with a combination like, For example: To Moscow, as well as to the whole country, I feel my sonship, as to an old nanny(Paustovsky); There was something unusual in her eyes, as in her whole face; As in last year's competitions, the athletes of the Russian Federation were ahead;
4) if the turnover is expressed by a combination as a rule, as an exception, as usual, as always, as before, as now, as now, as if on purpose etc. (some of them have the character introductory words), for example: I see, as now, the owner himself ...(Pushkin); Classes began, as usual, at nine o'clock in the morning; I remember, as now, my first teacher at school; As if on purpose, there was not a penny in his pocket; Commas, as a rule, stand out adverbial phrases.
Note. These combinations are not separated by commas if they are part of the predicate or are closely related to it in meaning, for example: In autumn and winter thick fogs are common in London; Yesterday went as usual.(i.e., as usual);
5) in revolutions none other than and nothing but, For example: From the front, the Rhine Falls are nothing more than a low ledge of water.(Zhukovsky).
- Turnovers with union how not separated by commas:
1) if the meaning of the circumstance of the mode of action comes to the fore in the turnover (to the question how?); usually these turns can be replaced instrumental noun or adverb, for example: Like hail rained buckshot(Lermontov) (cf .: hailed); Like smoke dissipated dreams(Lermontov); Like a demon insidious and evil(Lermontov) (cf .: demonically insidious); Ring as the heat burns(Nekrasov); In anger he roared like thunder, flashed like steel; The horse flies like a blizzard, like a blizzard hurries; Like lightning in the sky they blazed, like fiery rain fell from the sky;
2) if the main meaning of the turnover is equalization or identification, for example: ... You loved me as a property, as a source of joys, anxieties and sorrows ...(Lermontov) (cf .: ... loved me, considering me his property); …He[Judas] gave his stone as the only thing he could give(Saltykov-Shchedrin);
3) if union how has the meaning "as" or turnover with the union how(application) characterizes an object from any one side (see § 93, paragraph 5, note): Rich, good-looking, Lensky was accepted everywhere as a groom(Pushkin); I speak like a writer(Bitter); My ignorance of the language and silence was interpreted as diplomatic silence(Mayakovsky); We know India as a land of ancient culture; The public appreciated the early Chekhov as a subtle humorist; We know Lermontov more as a poet and prose writer and less as a playwright; I will keep this letter as a memory; These ideas are promoted among artists as progressive; Peter I did not consider it shameful for himself to work as a simple carpenter; Yuri Gagarin went down in history as the world's first cosmonaut;
4) if the turnover forms a nominal part compound predicate(for the absence of a dash in these cases, see § 79, paragraph 1, note, paragraph 2) or is closely related to the predicate in meaning (usually in these cases the predicate does not have a complete meaning without a comparative turnover), for example: Some are like emerald, others are like coral(Krylov); She walked like a wild(Goncharov); Like a child in soul I became(Turgenev); Gamzat left the tent, went to the stirrup of Umma Khan and received him as Khan(L. Tolstoy); Her father and mother are like strangers to her(Dobrolyubov); I looked enchanted(Arseniev); Everyone treated Vanya like their own person.(Prishvin); Like the sun she(Seifullin); He talked about familiar things as something extraordinarily interesting.(Paustovsky); Prishvin thought of himself as a poet "crucified on the cross of prose"(Paustovsky); Ice like ice, desert like desert(Kaverin); Everything is as in the pictures: and mountains, and forest, and water; Everything is as usual, only the clock was standing; He has cattle like ants in an anthill.
Wed also: feel like one's in one's own element, act like a deranged person, take it as a hint, take it as a praise, perceive it as a danger, look at it like a child, greet it like a friend, appreciate it as an achievement, regard it as an exception, take it for granted, present it as a fact, qualify as a violation of the law, mark as a great success, interest as a novelty, put forward as a project, justify as a theory, accept as inevitable, develop as a tradition, state as a proposal, interpret as unwillingness to participate, define as a case standalone application, characterize as a type, stand out as a talent, formalize as an official document, be used as a phraseological phrase, sound like an appeal, enter as an integral part, figure as a representative, feel like an alien body, exist as an independent organization, arise as something unexpected, develop as a progressive an idea to complete as an urgent task etc.;
5) if the comparative turnover is preceded by negation not or words quite, absolutely, almost, almost, exactly, exactly, exactly, just etc., for example: I brought up in myself this feeling of a holiday not as a rest and just a means for further struggle, but as a desired goal, the completion of the highest creativity of life.(Prishvin); It was almost as bright as day; Children sometimes reason just like adults; The girl's hair curls exactly like her mother's;
6) if the turnover has the character sustainable combination, For example: The lion fell like a mountain from his shoulders(Krylov); Yes, tell the doctor to bandage his wound and take care of him like the apple of his eye(Pushkin); The young spouses were happy, and their life flowed like clockwork(Chekhov).
Wed also: white as a harrier, white as a sheet, white as snow, pale as death, glistens like a mirror, sickness vanished like a hand, afraid like fire, wanders like a restless man, rushed like a madman, mumbles like a sexton, ran in like a madman, spins like a squirrel in a wheel , squeals like a piglet, I see it like in the daytime, everything is like a selection, jumped up like a stung, looked like a wolf, stupid like a cork, naked like a falcon, hungry like a wolf, as far as the sky from the earth, trembling as if in a fever, trembling like an aspen leaf, everything is like water off a goose, waiting like manna from heaven, fell asleep like a dead man, healthy as an ox, knows like the back of his hand, walks beside him like a sewn one, rolled around like cheese in butter, sways like a drunk, swayed like a jelly, red like cancer, strong like an oak, screams like a catechumen, flies like an arrow, hit like a goat, bald as a knee, pours like a bucket, waves his arms like a windmill, rushes about like mad, wet like a mouse, gloomy like a cloud, people like a herring in a barrel, not to be seen like his own ears, dumb as a grave, worn like a stray, needed like air, stopped as if rooted to the spot, remained like a stranded cancer, sharp as a razor, different as heaven from earth, turned pale as a sheet, repeated as if in delirium, you will go like a pretty one, remember your name, hit like a butt on the head, they look like two drops of water, went to the bottom like a stone, betrayed like a dog, stuck like a bath leaf, fell like through the ground, disappeared as if sunk into the water, just like a knife through the heart, burned like fire, dispersed like smoke, grow like mushrooms after the rain, fell like snow on his head, fresh as blood with milk, fresh as a cucumber, sat as if on pins and needles, sat as if on coals, sat as if chained, listened as if spellbound, looked as if spellbound, slept as if dead, slender as a cypress, hard as a stone, dark as night, skinny as a skeleton, cowardly as a hare, died like a hero, fell down like a stump, rested like a ram, stubborn like a donkey, tired like a dog, whipping like a bucket, walked as if lowered into water, cold as ice, black as hell , feel at home, staggered like drunk, went as if to execution etc.
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Extra punctuation marks are the same mistake as missing ones. Commas are the most insidious of them, because subconsciously it seems that the more of them, the better. The American writer Timothy Dexter also knew about this, who in 1802 wrote a novel without punctuation marks, where he offered to arrange them for readers as they wish.
We are in website collected words that are tempting to highlight with commas, because they are very similar to introductory constructions. But commas are not allowed for these words. Well, maybe just one. Let's figure it out to remember once and for all.
1. Allegedly
This supposedly introductory word is actually not. If this is a particle that means doubt, then it is never separated by commas on both sides. If "allegedly" acts as a union, then it is separated by a comma from the other part of the sentence. For example: “I often dreamed that it was already summer.”
2. In extreme, as well as any, our, your, their case
Even in the most extreme case, a comma is not useful. These adverbial expressions are never introductory, and a comma is not needed after them in the sentence either.
3. Just in case
If you want to put a comma just in case, then you do not need to do this. This is an adverbial expression, and usually it is so closely related to other members of the sentence that it does not require commas.
4. Especially
This word is a little special, because a comma can appear next to it, but only when we want to highlight the entire phrase in which we explain or clarify something. For example: "My relatives have always considered me talented, especially my grandmother, who sincerely believes that I will be a great singer." Separately, "especially" is never separated by commas.
5. Hardly
You are unlikely to forget this insidious particle when you understand 2 rules - it is always written separately and never separated by commas, no matter where it is in the sentence.
6. Of course
Be sure to remember this word, as it is very similar to ordinary introductory words that can be removed from a sentence without losing its meaning. But it is never separated by commas and can be said to be an exception.
7. Meanwhile
Meanwhile, this phrase should not be confused with another very similar and introductory: "by the way." “Meanwhile” is most often a circumstance of time, that is, it answers the question “when?” or "how long?". This means that its loss in the sentence will be noticeable - unlike introductory words. The phrase can also be a union, then a comma should be placed only before it.
For example: "Help could arrive only from the other side of the island, meanwhile, the narrow path was not visible from here, which means that people are not visible either."
8. Once
Once a comma can be incorrectly put by a literate person. This is another word to which you can ask the question “when?”, which means that it carries a semantic load in the sentence and will not be highlighted with commas.
9. That is
Expressions that are integral in meaning are not distinguished by punctuation marks.
1. A comma is not placed before a subordinating union or an allied word as part of indecomposable combinations, For example: do it right (as it should, as it should) perform as it should (as it should, as it should) to grab whatever comes up, to appear as if nothing had happened, to say whatever comes into your mind, to achieve at all costs, to come when you like, to hide whoever managed to, not to climb where you shouldn’t go, to spend the night where you have to, do whatever you want, take what you like, save yourself who can, there is something they give, come what may, go where your eyes look, live as you know, I will invite whomever I want, paid God knows how much, screams with all my might, tell everything as it is, they invented whoever is in what much get what you need (but: get everything you need ),the devil knows what is going on with them, to fence the devil knows what, to profit from what you can, to give what you don’t feel sorry for, the picture is a miracle how good, passion how interesting, horror how difficult, trouble how bad. Wed: You what want think(L. Tolstoy); Be happy with whom you want (Dostoevsky); Doesn't matter, call whoever you want (A.N. Tolstoy); Let him get money where wants and how he wants (Kuprin); I hurry what is urine... (Chekhov); I live where necessary (him); When he's sober, he lies on anything and is silent(him); They reminisced about their youth and chatted god knows what (him); He will come God knows what with your games(Paustovsky); Look, listen here what not to (Bitter); For some reason I can't well consider(B. Field); So talk with whom you need (Selvinsky).
This rule is based on the fact that phraseological units do not form a subordinate clause and, as a rule, are equivalent to a sentence member. Yes, combined talk about it wherever he can last words matter "everywhere" . If any of the above and similar combinations is not used as a phraseological phrase, then it can form a subordinate clause (often incomplete) and separate with commas. Wed: Colloquial words began to be used where needed and where not needed (i.e. everywhere). - Put where needed missing punctuation marks(those. where needed).
2. The comma is not placed inside combinations not that, not that, not that, not otherwise, for example : I him... not that I loved, not that didn't like it because...(Turgenev); And not then what three days, and wait ten days!(L. Tolstoy); Here now not what earlier, everything became more interesting; time spent not so that it's a lot of fun; Note can be typed not otherwise than petite. Wed with a different nature of the combination: You speak not that think.
3. The comma is not placed inside combinations (not) greater than, (not) less than, (not) earlier than, (not) later than etc., if they do not contain a comparison, For example: The package weighs not more than eight kilograms(cf.: ... no more than eight kilograms); He will return not earlier than in the evening(cf.: ...not before evening); Work can be done less than in an hour; you were for me more than friend; Submit documents not later than tomorrow; overheads turned out to be higher than relies; temperature in the incubator not lower than necessary. Wed: Shrovetide passed me worse how sadly(Chekhov); But (when there is a comparison or collation): does not work less than other; suffered from cold more than from hunger; returned earlier than expected; our ceilings are higher than in the neighboring house; Sipyagin was much worried more than his guest(Turgenev).
4. The comma is not placed inside the combination no one knows who, no one knows what, no one knows what (... where, ... where, ... from where, ... whose), it is not clear who, it is not clear what, it is not clear which (... where, ... where, . .. where, ... whose), no matter who, no matter what, no matter what (... where, ... where, ... where), For example: came to us no one knows where , asked me not clear about what, accommodate visitors no matter where. Wed also: I can take a vacation no matter when ; appeared it is not clear why; So choose a dress or not I know what purchase, not love(L. Tolstoy); In the morning the old man saw a short gelding and grieved: without a tail no matter what Headless- it is disgusting to look (A.N. Tolstoy).
5. A comma is not placed before a combination of an interrogative-relative pronoun who, what, what etc. or adverbs where, where, from where and others with words whatever and whatever , because in these cases whole expressions are formed with the meaning of one word: anyone (any), anything (everything), whatever (any), anywhere (everywhere), anywhere (everywhere), whenever (always), from anywhere (anywhere), any number (many ) etc.; whoever (it doesn't matter who), somehow (no matter how), whatever (it doesn't matter which) etc. For example: I will say the same anyone; We had free time as much as you like; Give me an answer any and whenever (Turgenev); Grandfather was torn apart by such anger that he stopped ten times and spit with fury anywhere (Kataev); Scolding careless carters who piled firewood haphazardly..., the grandmother began to stack the woodpile(Gaidar).
6. Commas do not separate expressions like there is something to do, there is something to work on, there was something to think about, I will find where to turn, I don’t find what to say, I have something to live on etc., consisting of a verb to be, to find (to be found), to stay and a few others in singular or plural form, interrogative-relative pronoun or adverb (who, what, where, where, when etc.) and uncertainforms of another verb. For example:
Scold there is someone, feed- no one(Dal); There is something and like...(Pismsky); Found how to surprise: and without you all this was seen; He didn't find that answer and remain silent.
7. No comma before conjunction what in expression only and what, followed by a noun or pronoun, for example: Only and money what nickel in the pocket; Only and entertainment what cinema once a week; Only and conversations what about the two of them. But if the construction containing a complex particle in the first part only and verb do (do, know) and union what, has a verb in the second part, then before what a comma is placed For example: Only and does , what chatting; Only and made , what refused; Only and knows , what walks from corner to corner. Wed: They are with their grandfather only and did , what played chess(Ch. Uspensky); And turned to the priest yes only and did everything , what spat in his face(Leskov); From nine in the morning to six in the evening only and you know , what sticking around here(Kuprin). The same if the second part is formed by a subordinate clause, for example: Only and new , what all the hares are discussing how they can drive the eagles away(L. Tolstoy).
Note.Incomplete subordinate clauses, as well as turns that do not have the character of phraseological combinations, are separated by commas, For example: behave properly; works wherever necessary; does whatever the boss wants; understand what's what; visits the sick when necessary; it is necessary to distinguish between what is important and what is not important; I can't figure out where it hurts.
Hello. Tell me, please, do I need a comma in the name of the program before "what"? "The program "My house and everything in it" allows you to insure movable property in individual residential buildings."
comma before what needed.
| Question #303815 | ||
In a sentence: "We are but a tiny shard of a force that is capable of everything that can and cannot be imagined." Do I need a comma after "all" and before "what"? On what basis, if so?
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comma before what needed. It is placed between parts of a complex sentence.
| Question #303661 | ||
Please tell me how to correctly place the commas in the slogan: "When you come to Auto-Radio, you will find everything you need!"
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| Question #303180 | ||
Hello! Please tell me if a comma is needed in such a phrase: “may you have everything you want”
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The comma is not put if "anything, absolutely everything" is meant.
| Question No. 295291 | ||
Are commas needed before what? Everything I saw, everything I heard, and more.
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Right: Everything I saw, everything I heard, and more.
| Question No. 294042 | ||
Hello! I have long been tormented by the question, which is correct: "Everything that happened between us" or "Everything that happened between us"? And in what cases is a comma not put before "what"?
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Correctly: everything that was between us. comma before what not put if this word is part of indecomposable combinations, for example: tell me what you like; take what they give; find what to do; get what you need; work what you need etc.
| Question #293781 | ||
Please advise, I really need your advice. There is such a slogan: there is everything you need. Do I need a comma before "what" here? Thank you.
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Preferably with a comma: There is everything you need.
| Question #292687 | ||
Anything can happen to the Russian language: perestroika, transformation, transformation, but not extinction. Hello. Many of your answers to the expression "anything" - are written without a comma in the meaning of "absolutely everything." The line above is from the Total Dictation of previous years. Why does it have this expression with a comma? Doesn't this expression have the same meaning here?
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The Expert Council of the Total Dictation in 2010 accepted both options as valid (both with and without a comma) and commented on this punctogram as follows: “ Anything - You can put a comma and not put it. Formally and historicallyanything- this is a subordinate clause (so you can put a comma), but it has already turned into a stable expression (= Other , unpredictable, so the comma can be omitted). The national corpus of the Russian language shows different punctuation options with this turnover. In all the texts of the Strugatskys from the National Corpus there is a comma. But in the printed editions of the Strugatskys there was an example without a comma».
| Question No. 292181 | ||
In a sentence, you can tell them anything you want to say, and they will believe. Do you need a comma after the word "want?" I would be grateful for an answer.
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If the words All you want used to mean "anything, absolutely everything", then the correct punctuation is: You can tell them whatever you want, and they will believe.
| Question No. 291122 | ||
Good afternoon! Tell me how to properly punctuate the sentence "If people did everything they wanted on time, they would be happier."? Do I need a comma before "what" in this case? And why?
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Correctly: If people did everything they wanted on time, they would be happier.
| Question #290685 | ||
Is it correct to put a comma in the phrase: "do everything (,) anything"? Yes, to be honest, in our life we are sometimes ready to do anything, but not to pray.
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The comma is not needed.
| Question #288495 | ||
Yes, do whatever you want! Please check commas.
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There are two options depending on intonation: Yes do whatever you want! and Yes, do whatever you want!
| Question #286891 | ||
"Yes dudes, this is a drawing of a free portrait All you need to participate: - subscribe to our page - repost this post. The winner will be determined randomly on February 20. Good luck!" Is it necessary to put a comma after "Everything" and what other errors are in the text. help me please
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Correctly: Yeah, dudes, it's a free portrait giveaway. All you need to participate:
- Repost this post.
| Question #286648 | ||
Hello! Which punctuation option is correct, in your opinion? The one who cures will be rewarded - Great honors and everything you need! Or: The one who cures will be rewarded! Big honors, and everything you need! Thank you. And I'm waiting for an answer.
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Correct punctuation: The one who cures will be rewarded: great honors and everything you need!
| Question #286195 | ||
How to punctuate? He wrote down everything that turned up under the pen.
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Correctly: He wrote down everything that turned up under the pen.
