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

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Post by Teresa Emmanuel »

This is so helpful. I need more of this information or maybe I need to do more research for knowledge. Thank you
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Thanks for the guideline… I really struggle with the commas. I will go through this and the relevant links to get the hang of it. Thanks 😊
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Post by Souad Al Nabulsi »

Thank you for providing this information. I made various mistakes with commas and coordinating conjunctions :oops: . This clarifies a lot.
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Post by Tabitha Hennagan »

Thank you for the information. The main issue with my reviews is the use or non use of commas. I am hopeful for having this corrected in my next review.
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Post by Le-nic Pretorius »

Hi! Wow, thank you for putting it in simple terms. I struggle the most with using commas correctly in my reviews. I will probably spend a lot of time here. 😅
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Post by Emily Meadows »

This explanation about the use of commas is the best I have seen yet. Thank you Scott!
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Thanks really. I've learned alot
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Post by Bal Ruth »

Can you please elaborate this fo me? imagination, science (,) and spirituality. Is it a must that we need a comma after the word science yet they aren't independent clauses?
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Post by Mukhethwa Dangale »

Thanks a bunch for this. I guess somewhere along the line, I lost the concept of what a comma is and what it does because let me tell you, I put it where I feel like. If you spot a comma where it shouldn't be in this post, then my point has been proven. If not, miracles happen every day.
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Post by Abdul-Malik Hassan »

The challenging part for me was figuring out how a comma is applied in an independent clause.
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It was a great help thanks
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Just was able to understand the reason of the score reduction for reviewer
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Thanks much for your guidance.
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I understand my review corrections perfectly now. Thank you.
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Very, very helpful. I am putting this in the folder with the Official Guidelines and other helpful items I have found to help my editor scorecards. Thank you so much.
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