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Chrismlangan Posted 19 years ago
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and then
I never know how to punctuate 'and then' statments, i.e. "He went to the store and then to the soccer field."
In my example above, I have seen people use a comma before 'and', not use a comma before 'and', and my hometown newspaper likes to drop the comma all togeather and add a comma before 'then'.
So what's the right way?
In my example above, I have seen people use a comma before 'and', not use a comma before 'and', and my hometown newspaper likes to drop the comma all togeather and add a comma before 'then'.
So what's the right way?
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Hi, He went to the store and then to the soccer field. <-- very little or no pause between "store" and "then" He went to the store, and then to the soccer field. <--- noticeable pause between "store" and "then" That's how I understand commas: commas = little pauses.
- Hi, He went to the store and then to the soccer field.
- <-- very little or no pause between "store" and "then" He went to the store, and then to the soccer field.
- <--- noticeable pause between "store" and "then" That's how I understand commas: commas = little pauses.
- So I think both ways are perfectly ok.
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Hi,
He went to the store and then to the soccer field. <-- very little or no pause between "store" and "then"
He went to the store, and then to the soccer field. <--- noticeable pause between "store" and "then"
That's how I understand commas: commas = little pauses. So I think both ways are perfectly ok.
He went to the store and then to the soccer field. <-- very little or no pause between "store" and "then"
He went to the store, and then to the soccer field. <--- noticeable pause between "store" and "then"
That's how I understand commas: commas = little pauses. So I think both ways are perfectly ok.
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