Why is a comma used before “when”?
What happened to you two Harry?
My good friend Hermione says to me, “I’m back at it all right.” I brought Ron round and we were dashing up to the owlery to contact Dumbledore when we met him in the entrance hall – he already knew – he said, ‘Harry has gone after him, hasn’t he?’ and hurtled off to the third floor. We were still thinking how did we get him to help him.” If the comma
is after when, does it change the meaning?
Why a writer would omit the letters from a university newspaper?
In this kind of sentence, it would be possible to add the comma, but it wouldn’t change the meaning. We were discussing what to say to Dumbledore, when he walked into the room. Why did the comma slow the reading?
How should the pause be calculated with the comma while there is a pause on the “when” clause?
At least this time, I told him that he walked in at the moment we were talking.When Dumbledore arrived home, he asked me what to speak to him.
Without comma, we assume “when” applies to what came before, not what comes after.
Dominion is leaving the Sphere Of Fire during early Spring. We were discussing what we would say if Dumbledore would walk in soon.?
What will happen if a comma before “when” really means? I just so happen it doesn’t in OP’s example.
