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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Conjunctions and clauses
Do we need a comma before 'and' in the sentence below?
The sentence is semantically odd, and would serve in only a very limited number of contexts.
I was always taught that the only time you place a comma before a conjunction is when the second part of the sentence is an independent clause. Thus the sentence above may be punctuated incorrectly.
I am interested in your thoughts.
The sentence is semantically odd, and would serve in only a very limited number of contexts.
I was always taught that the only time you place a comma before a conjunction is when the second part of the sentence is an independent clause. Thus the sentence above may be punctuated incorrectly.
I am interested in your thoughts.
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goronsky Do we need a comma before 'and' in the sentence below? You should not have an odd number of commas between subject and verb.
- goronsky Do we need a comma before 'and' in the sentence below?
- You should not have an odd number of commas between subject and verb.
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goronskyDo we need a comma before 'and' in the sentence below?You should not have an odd number of commas between subject and verb.
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I think a lot of people here would agree with you, ie no comma.
My feeling is that such a comma often helps the reader to quickly grasp what is being said. This is particularly the case when the sentence is long..
Clive
My feeling is that such a comma often helps the reader to quickly grasp what is being said. This is particularly the case when the sentence is long..
Clive
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