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

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Thank you for this. I like it badly
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Thank you. Will take a while but I am determined to get this.
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This is so helpful on many levels. Thankyou
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Post by JANET SMITH 1 »

Thank you for the lesson. I have always struggled with using too many commas. Lately I've been utilizing "When in doubt leave it out"
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Post by Lindiwe Chakhala »

Thank you very much Sir! It will take awhile to master but with practice it will become second nature to utilize.
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Post by Emidio Inocencio »

This is helpful information for us to build better our sentences were paragraphs.
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Post by Robert Obikanyi »

Thanks a lot for clearing this out. This has proven really helpful. In the past, commas had proven to be quite difficult to grasp for me.
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This was very helpful. Grammar has always been a struggle of mine but, this really broke it down. I hop I can continue to be a student.
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Thank you
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Post by Gulam Mohamed »

Hello Scott, and hello everyone:

I agree that the whole lesson, especially about the comma being required before a conjunction joining two independent clauses is very useful and clear. I look forward to opening the links! Slightly confusing was the Oxford comma.

I would still like some advice on my following impressions regarding the Oxford comma.

A.
The comma that is not used before the 'and' in a list, if used, is an Oxford comma.

B.
If the Oxford comma system is espoused then it must be used only after the third item on the list* but not earlier.

Are the above correct?

Just for fun, I was self-consciously afraid to add a comma in the para above the above question after the word, 'list' (duly starred*) in the comment to your good self, but, normally, I'd snick it in, because I need a pause there. What's your take on that? I would say that the verb was implied.

Thank you for your time, care for discipline and all the respectful responses from your team.

Gulam,
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Post by Oluwatosin Balogun »

I have always struggled with punctuation while writing. I just didn't understand them but this article and the links have helped me in understanding them better. Thank you for such insightful article.
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Post by Patricia Gigileva »

As a non-native English speaker I keep messing up with these. Thank you for the detailed explanation! :tiphat:
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Post by Uwe Neufeld »

Yes! Yes!
Please "review moderators", read this post.
Thank You, Scott.
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Post by Janet O Taiwo »

Thank you for clarifying this.
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Post by NightHeron »

I’m a little confused as to why reviewers can’t mark the cases that are subjective as counted errors but can be marked down in reviews for them. If I join two short independent clauses without a comma, I have points deducted. Is this the most comprehensive guide to follow?
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