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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
too many commas?
I am not going to burn the house down but my family are worried to leave me on my own as I am very forgetful.
This sentence has two independant clauses so I would usually place a comma before 'but'. I have leant you should place a comma before 'as' if it means 'because', which here it does. So, should there be a comma before 'but' and 'as' or should I omit one of them? Thank you for your answer.
This sentence has two independant clauses so I would usually place a comma before 'but'. I have leant you should place a comma before 'as' if it means 'because', which here it does. So, should there be a comma before 'but' and 'as' or should I omit one of them? Thank you for your answer.
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Anonymous So, should there be a comma before 'but' and 'as' or should I omit one of them? You can omit the second one if you wish, but the first one is really needed: I am not going to burn the house dow n, b ut my family are worried about leaving me on my ow n(,) as I am very forgetful.
- Anonymous So, should there be a comma before 'but' and 'as' or should I omit one of them?
- You can omit the second one if you wish, but the first one is really needed: I am not going to burn the house dow n, b ut my family are worried about leaving me on my ow n(,) as I am very forgetful.
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AnonymousSo, should there be a comma before 'but' and 'as' or should I omit one of them?You can omit the second one if you wish, but the first one is really needed:
I am not going to burn the house down, but my family are worried about leaving me on my own(,) as I am very forgetful.
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