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Mrsteve Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Commas and conjunctions

0Coordinating conjunctions are always preceded by a comma.?02br
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00She's wearing a white scarf and gloves.02br
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00She's wearing a white scarf, and gloves.02br
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1font 00A coordinating conjunction usually comes in the middle of a sentence, and it usually follows a comma (01u 00unless both clauses are very s02u 00hort)02font 00. 0-

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  • 1font 00A coordinating conjunction usually comes in the middle of a sentence, and it usually follows a comma (01u 00unless both clauses are very s02u 00hort)02font 00.
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1font00A coordinating conjunction usually comes in the middle of a sentence, and it usually follows a comma (01u00unless both clauses are very s02u00hort)02font00. 02br
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00She's wearing a white scarf, and (she is wearing white) gloves.0-
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0They don't have to include a comma if the two clauses are short. For example, 'He loved her and he married her' is fine.02br
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00However, your sentence is not an example of a coordinating conjunction. It is just a list. It is normal to use commas throughout a list and then 'and' between the final two items. You don't need a comma here.0-
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10However, your sentence is not an example of a coordinating conjunction. It is just a list. 12br
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10Coordinating conjunctions connect words, phra
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0Hmmm, ok, I still wouldn't connect it with a simple list but I hold my hands up then, if it is.02br
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00But you still don't need a comma after every use of the word 'and'.0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Hmmm, ok, I still wouldn't connect it with a simple list but I hold my hands up then, if it is.12br
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10But you still don't need a comma after every use of the word 'and'.12br
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10Hi Nona02br
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0 Hi,02br
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00I'm having problems with the word "white", here. First let me re-write the sentence to point out my problem:02br
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00She is wearing white trousers and gloves. (The way I'd read this, both trousers and gloves are white.)02br
00She is wearing white trousers, and gloves. (Here, the trousers are white, but we have no information
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