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Akavall Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Comma use

1i00 02i00England's children's commissioner backs a ban but stores say the devices can be useful against anti-social youths.02br
00I am assuming that this sentence is right, but would it be OK to put a comma before the 01i00but02i00? 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00It's optional. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00It's optional.
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0Hi,02br
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00It's optional. Do you feel that a pause is needed to help understand the meaning of the sentence?02br
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00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Thanks, Clive02br
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00But there are some other issues that I am not sure about.02br
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00Is the original sentence a typical "independent clause + coordinating conjunction + independent clause"? 02br
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00If so, is a comma always optional in the above structure? 02br
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00Also, this sentence came from a Brit
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01cite10Akavall12cite12br
10Is the original sentence a typical "independent clause + coordinating conjunction + independent clause"? 12br
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10If so, is a comma always optional in the above structure? 12br
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10Yes, you have the right analysis of the structure. Tha
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0 Thank you for your reply, ytsirk.01blockquote
01cite10ytsirk12cite10The Associated Press has also tried to save space and ink by eliminating commas in their articles, which is where the omission of the serial comma came about.12blockquote
10I find it strange that AP started to do it now. They "wasted" ink on commas for over a hund
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In the words of the veracular: "Yuppie." You have two complete thoughts, joined by AND. Thus a comma is correct. But lands sakes, dearie, that sentence has other issues than a comma!
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