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LiquidMidnight Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Comma question

Should a comma be used in front of a conjunction if it's connecting a phrase that isn't a full clause?

i.e. "She did it and did it well."

Thanks.
  

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Hi Liquidmidnight, A comma should not be used in the instance you cited. MountainHiker

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  • Hi Liquidmidnight, A comma should not be used in the instance you cited.
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Hi Liquidmidnight,

A comma should not be used in the instance you cited.

MountainHiker
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This is more a matter of style; a comma could be used depending on the speaker's intent.

In this instance I agree with MountainHiker. Since the "and did it well" is meant to reinforce the assertion that "she did it", the sentence is more effective without the comma; that is, the speaker wishes to emphasize that she "did it well."

If the speaker needed to confirm both that she
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Hi,

See this page [url="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_comma.html"]on commas[/url] and more specifically look at number 13 for comma abuse.

MountainHiker
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Though a comma should always be used after i.e.
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