Jun 19, 2018 01:22
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comma use

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Personnel Management Strategy, including:
(an enumeration follows)

Do i need to put comma here?

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Change log

Jun 19, 2018 01:23: Alexander Grabowski changed "Language pair" from "Russian to English" to "English"

Jun 19, 2018 09:41: writeaway changed "Field" from "Other" to "Law/Patents" , "Field (write-in)" from "a manual" to "punctuation"

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Discussion

Alexander Grabowski (asker) Jun 21, 2018:
@Oliveira "planning the required number of personnel and their workload"
is planning should be considered there as a noun or just a verb? (this a substantivated verb=noun)?
Alexander Grabowski (asker) Jun 20, 2018:
@Oliveira thanks but my question was related to another issue IMO
Charles Davis Jun 20, 2018:
@Alexander Thanks!
Alexander Grabowski (asker) Jun 20, 2018:
@ Charles Davis I do.
Oliver Simões Jun 19, 2018:
AllegroTrans, "Do I need to put a comma here?" (question mark added).
AllegroTrans Jun 19, 2018:
You also need... to say "Do I need to put a comma here" not "Do i need to put comma here"
philgoddard Jun 19, 2018:
The colon after "including" is incorrect.
Charles Davis Jun 19, 2018:
@Alexander What do you mean by "here"? Are you asking whether there should be a comma before "including"?

Responses

+4
44 mins
Selected

yes

you do need to put it
Personnel Management Strategy, including:
...
to Keep It Simple :-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty
3 hrs
Thank you very much, Jack!
agree Tina Vonhof (X) : but I would not use a colon after including.
15 hrs
of course, Tina. Thank you!
agree Ashutosh Mitra
1 day 3 hrs
Thank you very much, Ashutosh!
agree Charles Davis : Yes, a comma is required before "including".
1 day 13 hrs
Thank you very much, Charles!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
13 mins

the use of the comma in bullet points will depend on the sentence structure and the Style Guide

The European Union's "English Style Guide" suggests":

- a comma or no punctuation for lists that do not contain the main verb
- a period (full stop) after each sentence for lists that contain at least one item with multiple sentences
- a semicolon otherwise.

The Australian Style Manual (Wiley, Sixth Edition) suggests no punctuation unless there is a full sentence (or multiple sentences), in which case there should be a period (full stop).
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14 mins

depends

On the CONTEXT - i.e., the full paragraph.
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3 hrs

see the rule below

If you're inquiring about the comma before including, then see below:

«As with many comma related questions, the answer depends on whether the phrase in question is restrictive or non-restrictive. If removing the phrase would change the meaning of the sentence, then it is restrictive and a comma should not be used. On the other hand, if removing the phrase does nothing to the meaning of the sentence, and it still makes sense, then the phrase is non-restrictive and a comma should be used.»(c)
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