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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Omitting commas before conjunctions
Can conventional commas be omitted before conjunctions? Can the commas be omitted in these - as shown?
He wanted to go but she didn't.
I found the performance amateurish so I didn't vote.
He couldn't bear the fatigue any longer yet he held on.
He should know for he was the one who did it.
He wanted to go but she didn't.
I found the performance amateurish so I didn't vote.
He couldn't bear the fatigue any longer yet he held on.
He should know for he was the one who did it.
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goronsky: He wanted to go but she didn't. I found the performance amateurish so I didn't vote. He couldn't bear the fatigue any longer yet he held on.
- goronsky: He wanted to go but she didn't.
- I found the performance amateurish so I didn't vote.
- He couldn't bear the fatigue any longer yet he held on.
- I think those are fine.
- goronsky He should know for he was the one who did it.
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I think those are fine.
goronsky:
He wanted to go but she didn't.
I found the performance amateurish so I didn't vote.
He couldn't bear the fatigue any longer yet he held on.
goronskyHe should know for he was the one who did it.No one talks like that.
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The sentence using 'for' was a poor, self-concocted example.
Three more. Do the following look okay without the commas before the conjunctions?
Three more. Do the following look okay without the commas before the conjunctions?
- I wanted to eat lunch with Melanie but she had a stomachache.
- Mike is playing drums in the band and Todd is playing the guitar.
- The potato chips from the picnic were pretty stale so we just threw them away.
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