Commas and Coordinating Conjunctions (Full Guide with Examples and Sources)

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It shows that many times 'and' is a substitute for 'comma'.ย 
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Thank you. This is helpful
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Very helpful! Thank you.

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IF you're a native speaker of English, you can hear commas in speech, and when you do, you should use them. They represent a Mid-Low-High-Mid intonation contour, like you get when you count: sixty, sixty-one, sixty-two, sixty-three, .... It's easy to recognize and if you're a fluent reader, you're probly hearing it when you read, anyway. So just listen for it.

Some commas are NOT objective errors, since they are easily identifiable and clear grammar rules are set about them. This is verifiable. When you have two sentences that can stand on their own and are connecting it with a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so), you must put a comma on the word before the conjunction. Every university will verify this.
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Very helpful. Thanks.
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Where do I find the subjective commas then? As well as where to check if a word should/shouldn't be added based on opinion? I've found that due to editors discretion that if they feel a sentence needs a word added it can make the entire sentence wrong where points will be removed accordingly. However what if the sentence was already fine and due to this it is now wrong? Is there a topic for this?
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Hi, what about this sentence?

โ€œOverall, I am glad that I came across this book and I enjoyed reading it!โ€

I was told by an editor that I should have a comma after the word โ€œbookโ€ - is that correct or was the editor wrong?

Thanks!
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Elina Loyet wrote: โ†‘21 May 2025, 07:28 Hi, what about this sentence?

โ€œOverall, I am glad that I came across this book and I enjoyed reading it!โ€

I was told by an editor that I should have a comma after the word โ€œbookโ€ - is that correct or was the editor wrong?

Thanks!
The editor is wrong. You should ask for a recheck and cite Scott's post:
https://forums.onlinebookclub.org/viewt ... 2&t=130072
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