Keren Barklow
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Grammar Question about Commas?
"tracing back to ancient Egyptian and Chinese times" is an appositive phrase adding additional information to "four thousand years". The commas indicate it can be left out without changing the meaning of the sentence.
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