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

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This helped to improve my knowledge about commas and conjunctions.
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Thanks for the great tips. They are very helpful.
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Thanks for this post and appreciate it very much
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Thank you for this post. My most recent review was marked a lot by unnecessary commas and I'm going to have to do some more reading to understand when and where to out them. Lad to see I'm not the only one struggling here. :?
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Post by Phoebe Felix »

This seems like an exhaustive list. I know I refer to places like grammarbook to help with punctuation and comma issues. Sometimes when I have conflicting suggestions from grammar checkers, I like to consult them. Hopefully, this post will help me here. Thanks.
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I am sure this would be a great help to me to better my grammar. Thanks a lot sir!
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Thank you for the information .
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Thanks for the clarification and examples I've been struggling with commas and this really helped :D :D and just clarifying Oxford commas are optional am I correct?
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Thank you. Now I clearly understand. It's very helpful for new reviewer.
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Post by Khadija Sonday »

Is the use of the Oxford comma counted as an error in our reviews?
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Post by Kofi Browne »

Thank you for clarifying the comma and conjunction issue. I must say that all review apps do not use this comma rule nor do they pick up on the error. The grammar review app I use suggests inserting a comma before "nor" in the previous sentence. However, the conjunction in that sentence does not connect two independent clauses. Confusing :| !
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I've learned a lot from this. Thank you so much. I now know where I've been making mistakes.
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Post by Florence Chizaram »

Thank you for the detailed explanation on comma, I'm still a work in progress on the topic discussed but I'm glad I read it.
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Thanks for these tips.
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Thanks as usual for this grace of wisdom. I will study this thoroughly so my review won't get rejected again. I really appreciate it.
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