When you write a sentence with a phrase at the end, you don't put a comma before the phrase. However, there is an exception: the wacky "ing" phrase. In these examples, the first four have ending phrases that don't take a comma. But the last one uses a comma before the word "flying."
Kevin went to Chicago with his new friends on the Friday night before last.
I get a little embarrassed whenever I think of my college days.
All the cake was gone by the time they got to the front of the line.
Randy volunteered to clean the bathrooms because no one else would do it.
The pilot remained calm and in control, flying for over an hour in the middle of a storm.
Because "ing" phrases typically describe a word that happens much earlier in the sentence (in this case "pilot"), you should put a comma before them. If the "ing" phrase describes the word that happens immediately before it, then you don't need a comma. For example, "No one questioned the pilot flying in the middle of a storm." So with "ing" phrases, notice if it describes the word right before it or a word earlier in the sentence, and if the latter is true, put a comma. Also look out for sneaky "ing" phrases that form dangling modifiers.
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