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Fold cpu 539 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Subordinating conjunctions with multiple subjects and verbs
In the following sentence, should there be a comma before the word and?
"When the wind howls and the rain falls, the children hide under their beds."
It seems like I usually see such sentences without a comma before and, but I can't articulate a reason why that would be correct.
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It's correct as is.
- It's correct as is.
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fold cpu 539I can't articulate a reason why that would be correct.
The clauses connected by 'and' are only three words each. The reader can certainly understand that without the guidance of a comma. Besides, a comma after so few words often makes a text even more difficult to read.
CJ
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