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Commas (Cont)
a) Attribute setnences after an article, possessive pronoun or demonstrative pronoun are not separated by commas.
| Das von uns sorgfältig vorbereitete und von allen erwartete Fest war ein großer Erfolg. |
| The party that we had carefully prepared and which had been waited for by all, was a great success |
| Unsere schon anfangs geäußerten Bedenken sind noch nicht zerstreut worden. |
| Our worries, which we had commented at the start, still haven't changed. |
b) Commas in complex sentences.
| Er erhob sein Glas, und alle tranken ihm zu. |
| He raised his glass and we all toasted him. |
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| Wir fahren in einem Taxi nach Hause, oder unsere Freunde holen uns am Bahnhof ab. |
| We'll take a taxi home or our friends will pick us up from the train station. |
Between the main sentence and subordinate, you add a comma
Wenn es möglich ist, erledigen wir den Auftrag sofort.
An inserted subordinate goes between two commas.
| Eines Tages, es war mitten im Winter, stand ein Pferd in unserem Garten. |
| One day, in winter, there was a horse in our garden. |
c) With comparisons you place a comma if after "wie" or "als" there is a conjugated verb
| Die Arbeit ist schwieriger, als du glaubst. |
| The work is more difficult than you think. |
| Ich habe das essen so vorbereitet, wie du es mir empfohlen hast. |
| I have prepared the food in the way that you told me to. |
d) Subordinate sentences of the same grade are separated by commas if they are not connected by "und" o "oder".
| Es erstaunte mich, dass Fritz die Prüfung bestanden hatte, Susanne aber durchgefallen war. |
| I was suprised that Fritz had passed the exam, whilst Susanna had failed. |
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| Es erstaunte mich, dass Fritz die Prüfung bestanden hatte und Susanne durchgefallen war. |
| I was surprised that Fritz had passed the exam and Susanne had failed. |
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Add commas where necessary.
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