Coordinating conjunction and commas.

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I know that you are supposed to put a comma before a coordinating conjunction that is placed in between two ICs. But what if I have 3 clauses or two clauses and a phrase?

e.g.
2 ICs:

"Designing sounds pretty cool, but I don't know anything about it."

3 ICs:

"Designing sounds pretty cool, not that I know anything about it, but I'd imagine that it's got something to do with models".

2 ICs+phrase:

"Designing sounds pretty cool, never tried it, but I'd imagine that it's got something to do with models".

Thanks.

RandomGuy · Accepted Answer

Daithy"Designing sounds pretty cool, not that I know anything about it, but I'd imagine that it's got something to do with models".

Not that I know anything about it is dependent because of the subordinator that, so the punctuation is fine.

Daithy"Designing sounds pretty cool, never tried it, but I'd imagine that it's got something to do with models".

Designing sounds pretty cool. I have never tried it, but I'd imagine that it's got something to do with models.

Daithy · Answer

Thank you very much. However, if it is a dependent clause shouldn't I have omitted the comma?

RandomGuy · Answer

It’s parenthetical, so it must be set off by commas.

Daithy · Answer

All right, now it makes sense. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>

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