comma btw subject and verb: Any C, T, L, or P who hopes..., faces

[sb70012]

Any critic, teacher, librarian, or poet who hopes to broaden poetry’s audience faces the difficult challenge of persuading skeptical readers that poetry is important today.


Hi. This is a sentence that was written in my exam sheet. But don't you think that after the word
(audience) there should be a (comma ,)?

Imean it should have been written in this form:

Any critic, teacher, librarian, or poet who hopes to broaden poetry’s audience, faces the difficult challenge of persuading skeptical readers that poetry is important today.

Am i right?

Thank you very much.

 

[JamesM]

I would say no. If you remove the clause "who hopes to broaden poetry's audience" you'll see that the basic structure of the sentence is:

Any critic, teacher, librarian, or poet faces the difficult challenge...


There is no call for a comma after "poet". The same holds true when you add the clause that qualifies the list of individuals ("...who hopes to broaden poetry's audience...")

 

[sb70012]

Thank you very much. Your answer was very helpful.

 

[Rover_KE]

A comma is unnecessary, but might help the reader's understanding if included.

It's certainly the place where one would have to take a breath if reading such a long sentence out loud.

Rover

 

[sb70012]

Thank you very much.