A question about adverbial phrase and comma.
"Their fish-like gills disappear, and in their place lungs develop."

I have a question at this part "in their place lungs develop."

I think that if "in their place" is adverbial phrase, the next must be placed comma(,).

So, I think correct sentence is
"Their fish-like gills disappear, and in their place, lungs develop."
Because the part of "in their place lung develop" seems noun + noun +verb for me.

Is it correct too without comma at next of this adverbial phrase?

Question

A question about adverbial phrase and comma.
"Their fish-like gills disappear, and in their place lungs develop."

I have a question at this part  "in their place lungs develop."

I think that if "in their place" is adverbial phrase, the next must be placed comma(,).

So, I think correct sentence is 
"Their fish-like gills disappear, and in their place, lungs develop."
Because the part of "in their place lung develop" seems noun + noun +verb for me.

Is it correct too without comma at next of this adverbial phrase?

Answer

There's no error in the sentence. You can put a comma after "place", but we only do that if it's really necessary. We tend to avoid messy punctuation.

We can understand the sentence easily because we have [preposition] [noun] / [noun] [verb].  Basically, the sentence divides itself: "in their place / lungs develop".

Answers · 2

Still haven’t found your answers?

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn a language from the comfort of your own home. Browse our selection of experienced language tutors and enroll in your first lesson now!