Re: Comma rules

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

The message as worded causes me to wonder if perhaps the stock opened at 16% 
below the $46/share value on that day and crashed down to $15.93 before it 
closed.  The "start/throughout" wording causes me to think the company will 
experience a long series of false starts in lower costs and improved 
productivity during the year.

If that's not the case, I'd recommend a rewrite.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Dorbin" <ddorbin -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> Am I missing something here? An increase from $15.93/share to $46/share over 
> six months is, like, 290%, not 16%. Unless I'm just reading this wrong because 
> it's early in the morning, I would say that this is more important than 
> whether or not a comma must follow an introductory adverbial phrase or precede 
> a non-restrictive clause.
>
> Also (and admittedly I don't know what preceded the first sentence) I feel 
> like rise in the stock price does not support the expectation of lower 
> operating costs and increased productivity.
>
> But, yeah, commas, of course. And the "throughout"/"start" thing that was also 
> mentioned.

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