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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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punctuation dilemma

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00Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used.02br
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00Sorry that I can't give you an example for this too, but why do I see a complex?sentence with three clauses connected by commas rather than semicolons? The clauses looked to be independent. 0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used02font 00.

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  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'.
  • Why is that?
  • I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used02font 00.
  • Generally speaking, it depends on the length and nature of what precedes 'so that' in the sentence.
  • sentence with three clauses connected by commas rather than semicolons?
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Sorry that I can't give you an example but I have seen some cases where a comma is used before the phrase 'so that'. Why is that? I thought almost always, if not always, a comma is not used when the phrase 'so that' is used02font00. Generally speaking, it depends on the length and nature of what precedes 'so that'
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