is thissentence punctuated correctly? "the hardware store down the street, which had been paved recently,is open until midnight five days a week."

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is thissentence punctuated correctly? "the hardware store down the street, which had been paved recently,is open until midnight five days a week."

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April 29, 2011 12:12am UTC

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answered by Writeacher · Answer 1

If you put capital letters in the right place, yes, that sentence is punctuated correctly. Between the commas, you have a parenthetical element (a clause that can be removed without changing the meaning of the main clause).
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
See #4.

answered by SraJMcGin · Answer 2

As it reads, one could interpret that the hardware store had been paved!

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April 29, 2011 12:53am UTC

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