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Commas with Compound Sentences and Compound Elements

Commas with Compound Sentences and Compound Elements. From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series Mini-Lesson #34. Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction (one of the fan boys) that separates complete sentences (independent clauses):.

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Commas with Compound Sentences and Compound Elements

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  1. Commas with Compound Sentences and Compound Elements From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series Mini-Lesson #34

  2. Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction (one of the fan boys) that separates complete sentences (independent clauses): The prospectors hoped to find gold on the rocky slopes of the towering Sierra Madre, so they set out eagerly.

  3. If the sentences being connected are short (about four words or fewer), you may leave out the comma: I laughed and I cried.

  4. Do not use a comma when coordinating conjunctions separate only words or phrases: The river had dried up and looked as if it would stay dry for a long time. (Here, and connects a compound verb, haddried up and looked.) The writers and editors look at their subjects with unblinking eyes. (And connects a compound subject, writers and editors.)

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