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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Comma with too or either

Dear teachers,

I know that we don't put a comma before "too" or "either".

Like the following sentences:

She is hungry, and I am too.

But I've found some books put a comma.

He doesn't like apples, and I don't, either.

Is there any difference. Are they both correct?

Thanks!!

A-Fang
  

Top answer

The use of the comma in these cases is largely a matter of style as the presence or absence of the comma is of no real consequence with regard to the meaning and intelligbility. If you would like the reader to pause for a while and thus make too or either a little more emphatic, use a comma: They all know it, and their friends do[,] too. (Or: ...

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  • The use of the comma in these cases is largely a matter of style as the presence or absence of the comma is of no real consequence with regard to the meaning and intelligbility.
  • If you would like the reader to pause for a while and thus make too or either a little more emphatic, use a comma: They all know it, and their friends do[,] too.
  • (Or: ...
  • and so do their friends.
  • ) CB
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The use of the comma in these cases is largely a matter of style as the presence or absence of the comma is of no real consequence with regard to the meaning and intelligbility. If you would like the reader to pause for a while and thus make too or either a little more emphatic, use a comma:

They all know it, and their friends do[,] too. (Or: ... and so do their f
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