One of the most common punctuation mistakes in the secondary school is a comma before «a», «like» and other words in designs that are using them join.This is because some of the authors of school manuals called comparative turnover of all designs with these words.
In fact, «like» can act as a union or particles.And such construction is not always comparative trafficking.In some cases, it is a fact.
design acts as:
- predicate: whole world as an exciting adventure .
- Definitions any application: crocodile, the animal is rare in the Red Book .
- Comparative turnover or circumstances: life rages like a waterfall passions .
- Prologue design: I decided to dress shirt or a shirt, as if my mother said .
- paranasal part of the proposal: live in the country as hard as the words convey an unusual smell field .
difference comparative revolutions and other combinations
comma before «like» placed in the following cases:
1) If the combination represents only assimilation, iedenotes
2) If the combination is used together with the conjunction "and."This design also called comparative traffic and serves the sentence circumstance: Peter to me as to everyone in the class, well-regarded.
Applications
In order to prevent another mistake, you need to decide how a member of the offer is of interest to us the combination with what words it is related:
1) In the case when eating in front of a combination of words "so," "the," "a," "so» and many others.Such designs are applications, and this act definition.For example: Films such as horror or thrillers, he usually did not watch.
2) The combination has a value of causality.Usually it is an application, and in this definition stands.For example: doctor, as a good specialist, paid much attention to sick patients .The proposal shows the cause in conjunction «good specialist» .The doctor paid much attention to sick patients because he was a good person.But do not confuse the application to comparative turnover.Comparative turnover called the assimilation of one object to another.But the application - this is when the object is called quite differently .
3) The Union is part of the expression «nothing else";"None other» .For example: This event is none other than a pre-planned action. contained in this proposed design is a nominal predicate.And we see that this part of the sentence is allocated places.
Introductory design
Some proposals are not members of a combination of supply and serve introductory words.They should be required to allocate a comma on both sides.
1) The Union is combined with the following words: «Now," "now," "before," "always," "usually," "exclusion", "generally", "purpose» and others.These combinations serve as input words that are not members of any proposals.For example: They purposely did not hurry home.
2) The Union is a part of the introductory sentence.For example: How Catherine rightly noted, the road was particularly difficult. This offer is simple, despite the presence of the two basics of grammar.Simply, it is complicated by the opening design.In this case, a structure in which there are the union - this introductory offer.Calls narrates the origin of the information.The combination is allocated by commas.
Comparative turnover and incomplete clause
Before you decide whether you need a comma before «like» , you must understand exactly what is the difference between the comparative turnover and incomplete subordinate clause.It can be seen in the following example: Nowhere I did not feel as good as at home .In this case, the second portion is an incomplete subordinate clause.Also, not to be confused with the comparative turnover paranasal integral part, which is the compound offers: write stories so as hard as the words to describe the sound of music. second part - a one-piece impersonal clause.
Communication with the predicate
There are many examples where the comma before «like» not put:
1) The combination is part of the predicate: Time passed very quickly as one hour a day. comparative particle is part of the predicate and highlights with him.
2) The word has a rational connection with the predicate: Meeting flew like a flash, I had no time and recover. In this case, the comma before «like» not put, because all it is a combination of a predicate, and the word relative particle.Without it, the predicate would be lost its true meaning. This award was like a gift from above .This combination also acts as a predicate, because without it, the proposal does lose its meaning.And a comma before the «like» is why not put.
Persistent expression
comma before the Union «like» not intended, if it is part of a sustained expression.Such examples are vast. After the meeting we will have the confidence in the future, because everything went like clockwork .In this case, the combination is part of the predicate, which is expressed in this sentence phraseology. Life need to appreciate and treasure it. combination of the exact same part of the predicate, which is a persistent expression.That is why the use of ralichnyh punctuation is not allowed.
Just a few features of the use of punctuation ...
to correctly identify, before «like» need a comma or not, you need to pay attention to some nuances.Is it worth it in front of this word particle «no» any words: «simple", "Name", "hair's breadth", "absolutely» or «almost» .If they are used, you do not need to put a comma.In this case, such a construction will be called comparative trafficking, and the proposal will be the circumstance.For example: Nikolai has always behaved with dignity, he did it like a real man.If the combination represents «as» , the comma is also placed: He spoke at the meeting as a teacher of mathematics. The proposal is meant that a person acted as a mathematics teacher.In fact, he can is not.
Thus, we see that there are many nuances in the use of a comma.They need to pay special attention, and then you can simply avoid making serious mistakes.
