Is my comma usage correct in this sentence?
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"When there is too much carbon in the atmosphere, too much heat is trapped from the Sun’s light rays, dramatically increasing the global temperature."
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"When there is too much carbon in the atmosphere, too much heat is trapped from the Sun’s light rays, dramatically increasing the global temperature."
punctuation commas syntax relative-clauses clauses
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"When there is too much carbon in the atmosphere, too much heat is trapped from the Sun’s light rays, dramatically increasing the global temperature."
punctuation commas syntax relative-clauses clauses
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"When there is too much carbon in the atmosphere, too much heat is trapped from the Sun’s light rays, dramatically increasing the global temperature."
punctuation commas syntax relative-clauses clauses
punctuation commas syntax relative-clauses clauses
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To my mind the use of 'light rays' should be changed to 'infra-red rays' as light implies visible, whereas infra-red rays are not actually visible, being below the wavelengths of the visible spectrum, hence 'infra'.
The sentence could be written thus:
The global temperature is dramatically increased when too much heat from the Sun's infra-red emissions is trapped by excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere.
However, your use of commas is not strictly wrong, but it gives a kind of clunky sentence where the clauses don't fit together well.
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To my mind the use of 'light rays' should be changed to 'infra-red rays' as light implies visible, whereas infra-red rays are not actually visible, being below the wavelengths of the visible spectrum, hence 'infra'.
The sentence could be written thus:
The global temperature is dramatically increased when too much heat from the Sun's infra-red emissions is trapped by excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere.
However, your use of commas is not strictly wrong, but it gives a kind of clunky sentence where the clauses don't fit together well.
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To my mind the use of 'light rays' should be changed to 'infra-red rays' as light implies visible, whereas infra-red rays are not actually visible, being below the wavelengths of the visible spectrum, hence 'infra'.
The sentence could be written thus:
The global temperature is dramatically increased when too much heat from the Sun's infra-red emissions is trapped by excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere.
However, your use of commas is not strictly wrong, but it gives a kind of clunky sentence where the clauses don't fit together well.
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To my mind the use of 'light rays' should be changed to 'infra-red rays' as light implies visible, whereas infra-red rays are not actually visible, being below the wavelengths of the visible spectrum, hence 'infra'.
The sentence could be written thus:
The global temperature is dramatically increased when too much heat from the Sun's infra-red emissions is trapped by excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere.
However, your use of commas is not strictly wrong, but it gives a kind of clunky sentence where the clauses don't fit together well.
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To my mind the use of 'light rays' should be changed to 'infra-red rays' as light implies visible, whereas infra-red rays are not actually visible, being below the wavelengths of the visible spectrum, hence 'infra'.
The sentence could be written thus:
The global temperature is dramatically increased when too much heat from the Sun's infra-red emissions is trapped by excessive amounts of carbon in the atmosphere.
However, your use of commas is not strictly wrong, but it gives a kind of clunky sentence where the clauses don't fit together well.
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