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New to Esperanto, help me out on a few things

by PrimeMinisterK, April 3, 2020

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Language: English

PrimeMinisterK (User's profile) April 6, 2020, 11:16:03 PM

Metsis:
The use of comma is not clearly defined in Esperanto. PMEG gives only vague rules:
  • en lokoj, kie povas esti nature iom paŭzi, ekz. antaŭ subfrazo (such as before ke as Flanke did)
  • komoj estas ankaŭ uzataj inter kunligitaj ĉeffrazoj
and in lists. Ofc in mathematics you follow its rules. See also another fadeno here in Lernu.
Thanks.

I have been making a brave attempt to read Esperanto texts as much as I am able to and I have noticed that in many cases there is a comma before ke in places where the comma seems wholly unnatural and unnecessary. It's confusing and jarring, and I have wondered if putting a comma in these instances is essential according to some Esperanto rule or would it still be grammatically correct to leave it out.

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