goalMBA1990 said
Is it correct to use a comma before as long as? Shouldn't it be in continuation?
c)A patent for one of a manufacturer’s pharmaceutical compounds does not bar competitors from producing a chemical like the patented compound, as long as the two differ structurally in at least one way
True. A subordinate clause that appears at the end of a complex sentence is not set off by a comma from the main clause before it.
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Is it correct to use a comma before as long as? Shouldn't it be in continuation?
c)A patent for one of a manufacturer’s pharmaceutical compounds does not bar competitors from producing a chemical like the patented compound, as long as the two differ structurally in at least one way
True. A subordinate clause that appears at the end of a complex sentence is not set off by a comma from the main clause before it.
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