{"id":10593,"date":"2021-02-03T23:03:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2022-09-19T18:10:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T18:10:30","slug":"comma-before-resulting-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-resulting-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma Before &#8220;resulting in&#8221;: The Definitive Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:150%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p>Have you ever silently scolded yourself for being confused about <a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/whether-or-not-vs-whether\/\"><b>whether<\/b><\/a> to place a comma before a word in a sentence?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, as far as the complexity of the English language is concerned, pondering upon these things is but normal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before scrolling further, maybe a cup of joe would help you focus more on this comma-related post, particularly before &ldquo;resulting in.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br>\n[toc]\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>When should we place a comma before &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo;?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>A comma before &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; generally occurs when it introduces parenthetical information either halfway through or at the end of a sentence. Parenthetical elements are grammatically-removable ideas added to make sentences more interesting and meaningful. However, when &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is simply used either as a verb or an adjective whose meaning is essential to the rest of the sentence, we need not place a pre-comma at all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>&ldquo;Resulting in&rdquo;: Meaning, Function, and Usage<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Resulting in&rdquo; is the present participle form of &ldquo;to result in&rdquo; whose main job is to introduce effects or consequences of actions or events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.dcs.wisc.edu\/wp\/grammar\/category\/present-and-past-participles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>present participle<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a word added with <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-ing <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the end which serves a lot of purposes in sentence construction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common usage of present participles is to inflect a verb in its past, present, or future progressive conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-however\/\"><b>However<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, words ending in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-ing <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may also serve other more complex functions in sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these functions are to create dependent clauses, fragments, and phrases that may act as adjectives, nouns, or adverbs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; in sentences, other than as the main verb, is to introduce outcomes that are syntactically dependent on the rest of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This phrase is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-also-the-definitive-guide\/\"><b>also<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> an economical and flexible substitute for its lengthier forms that are tense-dependent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Put simply, it can be an easy and tense-safe replacement for longer phrases like &ldquo;which or that results in&rdquo; or &ldquo;which or that resulted in.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contextually speaking, this phrase is <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-rather\/\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commonly observed in academic, legal, and medical writing, wherein conditions denoting a cause and effect are highly prevalent and crucial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This simply means that we do not typically use this phrase in colloquial English because other simpler alternatives exist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In everyday speech, we may ordinarily use &ldquo;cause,&rdquo; &ldquo;create,&rdquo; or &ldquo;bring&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about&rdquo; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-instead\/\"><b>instead<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we&rsquo;ve tackled the basics, let&rsquo;s move on to the pre-comma usage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The guidelines that dictate the comma usage before &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commas signal pauses <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-after-so\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>so<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the reader can analyze ideas within ideas in sentences, hence the importance in writing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another job of commas is to separate ideas <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/that-that\/\"><b>that<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are interesting yet irrelevant with regards to the syntactical structure of a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, all these additional ideas are to be treated as accessories that enhance the implication of sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are what we stylistically refer to as parenthetical elements <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/which-vs-what\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>which<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be a word, a phrase, a fragment, or a clause within a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parenthetical ideas are always set off <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-with\/\"><b>with<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commas to highlight and segregate their meaning from the rest of the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-thus\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>Thus<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is used to introduce an idea that only aims to add a relevant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-yet\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>yet<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grammatically-dispensable meaning to the sentence, a pre-comma is to be inserted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s have a look at examples of parenthetical ideas introduced by &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; that necessitates a pre-<a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-rules\/\" title=\"comma placement\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">comma placement<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10598\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin.jpg\" alt=\"Comma Before Resulting In Pin\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-512x768.jpg 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10598 eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201000%201500'%3E%3Crect%20width='1000'%20height='1500'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Comma Before Resulting In Pin\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin.jpg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin.jpg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-735x1103.jpg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-223x335.jpg 223w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-231x347.jpg 231w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-347x520.jpg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-427x640.jpg 427w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Comma-Before-Resulting-In-Pin-512x768.jpg 512w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; introduces a sentence-medial parenthesis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A parenthetical element can be inserted anywhere in the sentence simply because it is not grammatically vital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-although\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>Although<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this is the case, it is needless to say that a parenthetical remark at the beginning of the sentence does not essentialize a pre-comma, as we do not start sentences with a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, who knows? The rules may or may not change in the future, but this is at least what we generally follow <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-for-now-vs-as-of-now\/\"><b>for now<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in written English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Digression aside, this means that the next option where a pre-comma applies is when we insert a parenthetical idea introduced by &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; midway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look at the example below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Child marriages cause several health-related issues, resulting in domestic violence at times, further incapacitates many less-developed nations worldwide.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The parenthetical clause functions as a nonrestrictive relative clause similar to &ldquo;which may result in domestic violence at times,&rdquo; wherein the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/commas-before-relative-pronouns\/\"><b>relative pronoun<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is omitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; introduces a sentence-final parenthesis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More often than <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is added at the end of a sentence to express a parenthetical statement, as opposed to the medial position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The same pre-comma rule applies, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-though\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>though<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so it&rsquo;s still not rocket science <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-nor\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>nor<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is it astrophysics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we have to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/bare-in-mind-vs-bear-in-mind\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>bear in mind<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that the initial clause expresses a complete thought notwithstanding the removal of the phrase or clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please refer to the next example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socio-economic factors in less-developed countries drive child marriages and unplanned pregnancy, resulting in physical and mental burden among children.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial clause is a complete sentence <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-per-se\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>per se<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which means the succeeding clause is simply additional information expressing the repercussions of the earlier statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from marking the parenthetical information, the pre-comma also serves as a segregation device that helps a lengthy sentence become more organized <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/but-rather-in-a-sentence\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>rather<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than crowded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; comes after a parenthesis<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To recall, parenthetical elements ought to be set off with a comma or commas wherever they appear in the sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also means that when a parenthesis interrupts a sentence and then the &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; phrase or clause follows afterward, a comma is automatically placed as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Child marriages impose socio-economic threats to many nations, which I find disdainful, resulting in the stealth of experiences that are nonetheless crucial for children&rsquo;s development.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technically speaking, the &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; clause <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/as-above-so-below-meaning\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>above<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is simply another parenthetical information added to improve the meaning of the first independent clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, the combination of the three clauses in the example helps in expressing a more complex set of ideas that may not be achieved by using only a single clause.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>The guidelines that dictate the unnecessary comma before &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo;<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that the pre-comma guidelines have been laid out, it is also crucial that we understand when <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-not\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>not<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to insert a comma before &ldquo;resulting in.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two instances that guide this.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We do not need a pre-comma when the phrase introduces a phrase or a clause that acts as an adjective in a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-after-and\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=grow.me&amp;utm_campaign=grow_search\"><b>And<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we need not place a comma as well when it functions as a verb in a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&rsquo;s look at these circumstances in ample detail below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; functions as an adjective or restrictive participial relative clause<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&ldquo;Resulting in&rdquo; may also introduce an idea that serves as an adjective that aims to modify a noun or a noun phrase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a bit tricky because we might think of &ldquo;resulting&rdquo; immediately as a verb because of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-ing <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suffix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This type of adjective is known as a participial adjective, wherein the function is to provide essential clarifying information toward the noun it modifies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s an example to illustrate the explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reckless driving resulting in damage or loss of properties is punishable by law.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The participial adjective above is &ldquo;resulting in damage&rdquo; which modifies the noun phrase &ldquo;reckless driving.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adjectival phrase above, also defined as &ldquo;restrictive&rdquo; information, is essential to the overall meaning of the whole sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restrictive information is not separated by commas because it is deemed necessary to the expression of an idea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This also means that removing the adjective phrase in the last example would make the meaning of the sentence unpredictable and incomplete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reckless driving is punishable by law.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the sentence still grammatical? Of course, it is!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, its meaning lacks some sense because legally punishing the act of reckless driving alone is unfair, hence the need for further definition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may also learn more about this in our other post that tackles the comma nuances in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-a-relative-clause\/\"><b>relative clauses<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a nutshell, when &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is used to state an essential participial phrase or a clause that defines a noun, a comma is not needed at all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>When &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; functions as a verb in a continuous tense<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other case that does not necessitate a pre-comma is when &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is used as the main verb in a sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This, I believe, is much easier than the previous guideline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; acts as the part of the main verb expressed in any progressive or continuous tense, please do not use a comma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here&rsquo;s another example sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The flock of people to urbanized areas is resulting in overcrowding and land pollution.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main verb is also another highly essential element in constructing sentences, and thus, a pre-comma must never be used when &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; functions this way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Frequently Asked Questions on &ldquo;Resulting in&rdquo; &amp; Commas<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What exactly is the meaning of &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo;?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phrase &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is a rather formal expression used to state a result or a consequence. Most of the time, the usage of the phrase introduces a parenthetical statement attached towards the end of a complex sentence. However, it may also function as the main verb in a sentence inflected in the progressive tense.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Can we start a sentence with &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo;?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is uncommon to start a sentence with &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; because it is rather used midway or at the end of a sentence. When intending to express this phrase&rsquo;s meaning as an introductory element, we had better use &ldquo;as a result&rdquo; instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>What is an example sentence using a comma before &ldquo;resulting in?&rdquo;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example: &ldquo;The recent typhoon has wreaked its havoc on coastal villages in the western areas, resulting in loss of lives and damage to infrastructure.&rdquo; The clause introduced by &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is a parenthetical idea attached at the end of the sentence to state the result or consequence of the initial independent clause.<\/span><br>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n  \"@type\": \"FAQPage\",\n  \"mainEntity\": [\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What exactly is the meaning of &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo;?\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"The phrase &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is a rather formal expression used to state a result or a consequence. 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When intending to express this phrase&rsquo;s meaning as an introductory element, we had better use &ldquo;as a result&rdquo; instead.\"\n      }\n    },\n    {\n      \"@type\": \"Question\",\n      \"name\": \"What is an example sentence using a comma before &ldquo;resulting in?&rdquo;\",\n      \"acceptedAnswer\": {\n        \"@type\": \"Answer\",\n        \"text\": \"Example: &ldquo;The recent typhoon has wreaked its havoc on coastal villages in the western areas, resulting in loss of lives and damage to infrastructure.&rdquo; The clause introduced by &ldquo;resulting in&rdquo; is a parenthetical idea attached at the end of the sentence to state the result or consequence of the initial independent clause.\"\n      }\n    }\n  ]\n}\n<\/script><br>\n<!--FAQPage Code Generated by https:\/\/saijogeorge.com\/json-ld-schema-generator\/faq\/--><\/p>\n<h2><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though comma-related guidelines sound quite intimidating sometimes, commas are simply tools that exist to clarify the meaning of ideas, just like how bolts and screws work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-especially\/\"><b>Especially<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when our ideas are too complex to be expressed in a single sentence, commas do help a lot in decluttering these layers of information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an end note, commas are <\/span>nonetheless<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> harmless, and they exist because the old way of writing, which didn&rsquo;t even have spaces at all, needed some reconstruction.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever silently scolded yourself for being confused about whether to place a comma before a word in a sentence? 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