Comma before and
??1. She just returned home to see and take care of her dog.
2. She just returned home to see, and to take care of her dog.
3. She just returned home to see and to take care of her dog.
Q1)Are both 1, 2, and 3 correct English?
I think only 2 is wrong because of the comma between "see" and "to take".
Q2) Have you ever come across such a sentence as 2? I mean whether you have seen a sentence where a comma right before "and" is added when the comma should be omitted as in the second case.
Top answer
I think only 2 is wrong because of the comma between "see" and "to take". Correct. Only 2 is incorrectly punctuated as you describe.
- I think only 2 is wrong because of the comma between "see" and "to take".
- Correct.
- Only 2 is incorrectly punctuated as you describe.
- fire1 Q2) Have you ever come across such a sentence as 2?
- I mean whether you have seen a sentence where a comma right before "and" is added when the comma should be omitted as in the second case.
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fire1Q1)Are both 1, 2, and 3 correct English?I think only 2 is wrong because of the comma between "see" and "to take".
Correct. Only 2 is incorrectly punctuated as you describe.
fire1Q2) Have you ever come across such a sentence as 2? I mean whether you have seen a sentence where a comma right before "and" is added when the comm
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