please help with gramma and commas. Thank you for your help.

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KIA, a car company, plans to expand, and Bob suggested that we should call KIA and ask who are their suppliers.

Nona the brit · Accepted Answer

KIA, a car company, plans to expand and Bob suggested that we should call KIA and ask who  their suppliers are.

Marius Hancu · Answer

Nona:

KIA, a car company, plans to expand and Bob suggested that we should call KIA and ask who their suppliers are.

Perhaps I am missing something, but I'm somewhat surprised at your NOT using a comma after plans to expand. Swan, Practical English Usage, p. 489 (Punctuation/Comma/Co-ordinate Clauses) mentions that:

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Clauses connected by and, but and or are usually separated by commas unless they are very short. Compare:

John decided to try the home-made steak pie, and Andrew ordered Dover sole with boiled potatoes.

Jane had pie and Andrew had fish.
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and I think we're dealing with co-ordinating clauses here, but ...

Nona the brit · Answer

This is a style issue rather than a matter of 'correct' or 'incorrect'. Personally I find it poor style to have three commas stuffed into 7 words.

please help with gramma and commas. Thank you for your help.

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