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Dime Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Correct comma placement? (Comma before and after 'but'.)

Example: It's sad, but, hey, it could be worse.

Do I place a comma before and after 'but'?


  

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It's not wrong to write it that way, but a lot of people prefer to avoid so many commas. I'd delete the coma before 'but', leaving the 'hey' as parenthetical. Clive

— Clive

  • It's not wrong to write it that way, but a lot of people prefer to avoid so many commas.
  • I'd delete the coma before 'but', leaving the 'hey' as parenthetical.
  • Clive
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It's not wrong to write it that way, but a lot of people prefer to avoid so many commas.

I'd delete the coma before 'but', leaving the 'hey' as parenthetical.

Clive
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dimeDo I place a comma before and after 'but'?
I'd put "but hey" together without a comma. There is more than one way to do this, especially in this case, where it's very casual language. I just went by the way I'd phrase it and where I'd pause if I said it myself.

It's SAD — but HEY — it could be WORSE.

CJ
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