Is the bolded comma needed in this sentence?
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Shortly before he murders Duncan in effort to usurp the throne**,** Macbeth experiences a hallucination of the dagger that will be used to dispatch King Duncan.
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Shortly before he murders Duncan in effort to usurp the throne**,** Macbeth experiences a hallucination of the dagger that will be used to dispatch King Duncan.
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Not sure this is on topic here, but yes - it adds a pause and a separation of the two parts of the sentence.
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Shortly before he murders Duncan in effort to usurp the throne**,** Macbeth experiences a hallucination of the dagger that will be used to dispatch King Duncan.
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Not sure this is on topic here, but yes - it adds a pause and a separation of the two parts of the sentence.
– Rory Alsop
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Not sure this is on topic here, but yes - it adds a pause and a separation of the two parts of the sentence.
– Rory Alsop
2 mins ago
Not sure this is on topic here, but yes - it adds a pause and a separation of the two parts of the sentence.
– Rory Alsop
2 mins ago
Not sure this is on topic here, but yes - it adds a pause and a separation of the two parts of the sentence.
– Rory Alsop
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Not sure this is on topic here, but yes - it adds a pause and a separation of the two parts of the sentence.
– Rory Alsop
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