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

[Avishi]

Thank you for the notes. I did always make mistakes in putting commas in appropriate place. It really helps me a lot.

[Mercy Mutua]

Thank you. I needed this and it was very helpful.

[Bradley Shelvie]

@Scott, does it mean that because of the subjectivity of what may be viewed as long or short when connecting two independent clauses, a comma is needed but it isn't wrong not to include it? I noticed you only gave an example with and and but. Does this apply to the other conjunctions as well?

[leonard cavallaro]

Super helpful! Thank you

[Elaine LaBonte]

Scott,
Thanks for this compact review. I'll study and memorize it. I'm sure my score will go up as a result.

[Kalyani Jha]

This is so helpful. Thankyou.

[Stephanie Runyon]

A question regarding comma use: I have seen several instances where an author would write something similar to:

He packed a bow, a sling of arrows and a hunting knife.

They put the comma after bow, but not after arrows. Is that correct or incorrect?

[Gods will O]

Thanks. This was helpful and I easily understood it

[Charlize Venter]

Exceptionally helpful, thank you Scott!

[Daja001]

Thank you so much for the information and also the examples were on point.

[unfettered-jay]

Thank you so much sir this guide. It was enlightening. I am very grateful.

[Oyedele Tomijane]

I do not know when to use a comma and when not to. Thank you for this post, it was really helpful

[Edgardo Buelva]

Thanks, a lot of times I am hindered to almost comatose with comma use.




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[Beatrice Ochieng]

Thank you very much, this was very helpful.

[Asya Shpakovskaya]

Thanks a lot! However, I believe authors are still free to use commas and other punctuation marks wherever they want it to denote a pause... but it's rather complicated to distinguish it out of characters' speech.