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Panda blue 483 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Usage and conjunctions.

Your dental habits are awful, but if you brush and floss every day, you probably won’t get cavities or gum disease.



Would you class the conjunction as connecting a conditional clause or an independent clause. In other words the main clause is not directly proceeding the conjunction.



  

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panda blue 483 Would you class the conjunction as connecting a conditional clause or an independent clause. For purposes of comma placement, independent. [Your dental habits are awful] COMMA but [if you brush and floss every day, you probably won’t get cavities or gum disease].

  • panda blue 483 Would you class the conjunction as connecting a conditional clause or an independent clause.
  • For purposes of comma placement, independent.
  • [Your dental habits are awful] COMMA but [if you brush and floss every day, you probably won’t get cavities or gum disease].
  • CJ
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panda blue 483Would you class the conjunction as connecting a conditional clause or an independent clause.

For purposes of comma placement, independent.

[Your dental habits are awful]

COMMA
but

[if you brush and floss every day, you probably won’t get cavities or gum disease].

CJ

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