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Snarf Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Comma Before "and" Query

Please have a look at this footnote:

This is the slang use of the word, borrowed here from the Australian dialect, and meaning angry.

Is that comma before "and" okay there, even though "and" isn't starting off an independent clause? If it feels right, is it okay to use it?

Thanks.
  

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This is the slang use of the word, (which is) borrowed here from the Australian dialect and meaning angry. 1. The fist comma is to indicate what follows is a reduced non-defining relative clause.

— Piney

  • This is the slang use of the word, (which is) borrowed here from the Australian dialect and meaning angry.
  • 1.
  • The fist comma is to indicate what follows is a reduced non-defining relative clause.
  • 2.
  • The second comma is not needed because when two items are connected with the co-ordinating conjunction, and, no comma comes before 'and'.
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This is the slang use of the word, (which is) borrowed here from the Australian dialect and meaning angry.

1. The fist comma is to indicate what follows is a reduced non-defining relative clause.

2. The second comma is not needed because when two items are connected with the co-ordinating conjunction, and, no comma comes before 'and'.
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piney2. The second comma is not needed because when two items are connected with the co-ordinating conjunction, and, no comma comes before 'and'.
I know it's not needed, per se, but if I feel a pause there when reading it in my head, is it okay to put it there for the purposes of that pause?

Thanks.
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piney… what follows is a reduced non-defining relative clause.
Parsed that way, the sentence is incorrect: This is the slang use of the word, which is … meaning angry.
pineyThe second comma is not needed because when two items are connected with the coordinating conjunction ’and’, no comma comes before 'and'.
This is
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Aspara GusThe comma before and is wrong, regardless of whether you feel a pause necessary. To my ear, the and meaning bit is awkward. It should be rewritten.
What about this?

This is the slang use of the word, borrowed here from the Australian dialect, meaning angry.

Now borrowed here from the Aus
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SnarfThis is the slang use of the word, borrowed here from the Australian dialect, meaning angry.
That’s a little better.
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