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Lundbye95 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Sentence without a subject and comma?
I'm thinking about, wether or not, to place the comma before 'and' in this sentence:
Eat the cake (,) and stop talking! (imperative)
Obviously, we don't have a subject in this sentence (or sentences), but the two sentences:
Eat the cake &
Stop talking
can stand alone, right? Therefore, we put a comma because: "Put a comma when a coordinating conjuction connects two independent sentences (or main clauses if you will)"
Are these sentences two independent clauses, and do we put the comma before the conjunction here, in such examples?
Another thing while we're talking about commas:
If you are done, you can go(,) but you are not allowed to go to the cafe.
THIS COMMA
The first sentence is a 'complex sentence', and the other one is 'simple sentence'.
Do we place a comma here no matter whether coordinationg conj. we use? (FANBOYS)
Eat the cake (,) and stop talking! (imperative)
Obviously, we don't have a subject in this sentence (or sentences), but the two sentences:
Eat the cake &
Stop talking
can stand alone, right? Therefore, we put a comma because: "Put a comma when a coordinating conjuction connects two independent sentences (or main clauses if you will)"
Are these sentences two independent clauses, and do we put the comma before the conjunction here, in such examples?
Another thing while we're talking about commas:
If you are done, you can go(,) but you are not allowed to go to the cafe.
THIS COMMA
The first sentence is a 'complex sentence', and the other one is 'simple sentence'.
Do we place a comma here no matter whether coordinationg conj. we use? (FANBOYS)
Top answer
Eat the cake (,) and stop talking ! -- No comma; it slows the utterance. There is a subject, 'You', which is understood: You eat the cake and stop talking.
- Eat the cake (,) and stop talking !
- -- No comma; it slows the utterance.
- There is a subject, 'You', which is understood: You eat the cake and stop talking.
- If you are done, you can go(,) but you are not allowed to go to the cafe .
- -- No, this is all one sentence, a compound-complex sentence.
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Eat the cake (,) and stop talking! (imperative) Are these sentences two independent clauses, and do we put the comma before the conjunction here, in such examples?-- No comma; it slows the utterance. There is a subject, 'You', which is understood: You eat the cake and stop talking.
If you are done, you can go(,) but you are not allowed
If you are done, you can go(,) but you are not allowed
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