Grammar question....

[xsedrinam]

yes, you use the coma.

I knew it had to happen, sooner or later.

 

[skunk]

I knew it had to happen, sooner or later.

It's what comes of flogging a commatose horse.

 

[IJ Reilly]

It's what comes of flogging a commatose horse.

I had to asterisk.

 

[xsedrinam]

I had to asterisk.

It's a low punctuation.

 

[IJ Reilly]

It's a low punctuation.

Maybe. At least hyphen half.

 

[skunk]

Maybe. At least hyphen half.

A parenthetic effort.

 

[xsedrinam]

A parenthetic effort.

That sounds vaguely familial.

 

[Zwhaler]

Comma. Easy as that.

 

[Abstract]

Fifty years ago, Joe Bruce was a youngster hiding behind a patch of cattails, chugging a plug across a pond on his grandmother's farm.

I thought about it too, but I didn't want to sound like a foo, so I didn't suggest it.

Thanks for doing it for me. 😉


Me? No, no grammar police here. I'm a grammar victim. Someone help me!

 

[IJ Reilly]

A parenthetic effort.

I'd quote you on that, but I'm already an over quota.

 

[w_parietti22]

A comma would be the correct usage because the rest of the sentece can live with out the "Fifty years ago".