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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Political Phrase Question

Without going into details, I'll just give you two variations of a common political phrase.
1.) I'm X and I approve this message.
2.) I'm X, and I approve this message.

Is 1 correct? Is 2 correct? Are both 1 and 2 correct?

Thanks!
  

Top answer

The comma is required.

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  • The comma is required.
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4 Answers
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The comma is required.
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The comma is required only by the strictest rules of grammar, which say that when you have a compound sentence (two independent clauses separated by a conjunction), you use a comma.

In practice, when one or both of the clauses is very short, the comma is often omitted.
You will see things like "I play the flute, and my sister plays clarinet" less often in modern usage, and there are f
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Grammar Geek... and there are few people these days who would call it wrong to omit it.
I’m not one of them. Just count me among the ones who would call it lazy.
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PS - It should have been "spoken" not "spoke." No one needs to ask whether that's correct. It's not.
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