RE: Help! Comma usage question

["Loraine Nazareth" <nloraine -at- toronto -dot- ds -dot- adp -dot- com>]

I'd change the sentence a bit to make it more clear:
"The [dev system] is identical to a production...console, except (that) it
contains/includes/has (or does not contain/include/have - whatever the case
may be)an optical disc drive mechanism."

just a suggestion

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[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-71658 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com]On Behalf Of Yvette
Kirby Waters
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 6:30 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Help! Comma usage question


Hey, techwhirlers--

I need quick punctuation help.  I've been staring at a sentence for so long
that I have no idea what the correct punctuation is:

"The [dev system] is identical to a production...console with the exception
of the optical disc drive mechanism."

Should there or should there not be a comma after the word "console"?  And
can someone refresh my memory as to the rule for this?

Thanks a MILLION!
--Yvette

--Yvette Kirby Waters
Technical Writer
Nintendo Technology Development, Inc.
vox: (425) 861-2968
fax: (425) 861-2976


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