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dido4
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 Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: and / or |
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Q1:Do we always have to put a comma(,) before and/or?
Q2:If there is no comma before and/or, are these sentences still right?
Or we have different explainations without a comma in these sentences.
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Kristea
Joined: 17 Nov 2005
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Location: Minneapolis, MN USA
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Hi!
The commas are used because the conjunctions are joining two independant clauses/sentences.
Are they always needed? I teach my students that they are always needed. Will you see shorter combined sentences without commas? Yes.
My advice is to use the commas with conjuctions that are joining tow sentences.
Hope that helps - Kristi
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