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22 Nov 2018, 03:06
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Hello all,can anyone clear my doubts regarding comma+and.I shall be highly thankful.
1)I like playing and sleeping.
Here sleeping is not independent clause as i like(subject and verb ) has been taken common.Right?
If i take it as list, and we know we need ,and before list
I like playing ,and sleeping.
but then sleeping is not independent clause
so how to resolve this ambiguity?
2)I like playing and i like sleeping. This is incorrect because i cannot connect two independent clauses by and without comma.
So it should be
I like playing , and i like sleeping
3)I like playing,sleeping,and eating. Correct as we need comma before and of last element of list .
Right?
4)I like apples and bananas, smoothies and shakes , and pizza,pasta ,and burgers.
So here we have 3 lists
1)apples and bananas
2) smoothies and shakes
3) pizza,pasta ,and burgers
SO if i take apples and bananas as list and use , before the last element i.e. banana, how will the sentence structure read?
I like apples ,and bananas, smoothies ,and shakes, and pizza,pasta ,and burgers.
here apples will be with bananas or it will be bananas,smoothies and shakes?
5)Peter O'Toole was nominated for his first Oscar in 1962, and his eighth in 2006.
here if i go by and + comma logic
since his eighth in 2006 lacks verb so it cant be a clause.
So it means this is list of 2 things
so his eight is itself something?
How can was nominated for apply to his eight here as it is a list.
How far can we take things common?
daagh GMATNinja sayantanc2k chetan2u
VeritasKarishma
egmat
please help m very confused with this
1)I like playing and sleeping.
Here sleeping is not independent clause as i like(subject and verb ) has been taken common.Right?
If i take it as list, and we know we need ,and before list
I like playing ,and sleeping.
but then sleeping is not independent clause
so how to resolve this ambiguity?
2)I like playing and i like sleeping. This is incorrect because i cannot connect two independent clauses by and without comma.
So it should be
I like playing , and i like sleeping
3)I like playing,sleeping,and eating. Correct as we need comma before and of last element of list .
Right?
4)I like apples and bananas, smoothies and shakes , and pizza,pasta ,and burgers.
So here we have 3 lists
1)apples and bananas
2) smoothies and shakes
3) pizza,pasta ,and burgers
SO if i take apples and bananas as list and use , before the last element i.e. banana, how will the sentence structure read?
I like apples ,and bananas, smoothies ,and shakes, and pizza,pasta ,and burgers.
here apples will be with bananas or it will be bananas,smoothies and shakes?
5)Peter O'Toole was nominated for his first Oscar in 1962, and his eighth in 2006.
here if i go by and + comma logic
since his eighth in 2006 lacks verb so it cant be a clause.
So it means this is list of 2 things
so his eight is itself something?
How can was nominated for apply to his eight here as it is a list.
How far can we take things common?
daagh GMATNinja sayantanc2k chetan2u
VeritasKarishma
egmat
please help m very confused with this
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22 Nov 2018, 05:00
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A few golden conventions of the listing comma
A listing comma is used only there are three or more items to a list. We need not bother about a listing comma when there are only two factors.
if there are only two items in a list, don't use a comma to separate the list items If there are more than two items in the list, then those following US convention use a comma before the conjunction (usually and or)
• Bread, milk, and cheese
Those following UK conventions do not use a comma.
• Bread, milk,and cheese
Look at this sentence involving three ICs.
Lisa speaks French, Juliet speaks Italian, and I speak Spanish.
This is a legitimate British usage with no comma before the last clause "I speak English" But GMAT may insist on the use of the comma. However, hardly any official question is rejected on this count by the GMAC because punctuation is not in the hierarchy of GMAT's priorities.
The only exception is that when the list contains only two short clauses, it may be acceptable to GMAT to ignore the comma before the second clause.
Now on to your choices
Above all, please remember this rule. Coordinating conjunctions may join just two words, two phrases, two verbs, two predicates, or even two clauses. The only condition is that both the compared ones should be parallel in stricture and logic. Please try to forget lists, conjunctions, commas, etc. as one amalgam.
I have tried as much as possible to address your concerns. Some may not be necessary; you may just ignore those irrelevant things for the sake of others who may have a use of it.
A listing comma is used only there are three or more items to a list. We need not bother about a listing comma when there are only two factors.
if there are only two items in a list, don't use a comma to separate the list items If there are more than two items in the list, then those following US convention use a comma before the conjunction (usually and or)
• Bread, milk, and cheese
Those following UK conventions do not use a comma.
• Bread, milk,and cheese
Look at this sentence involving three ICs.
Lisa speaks French, Juliet speaks Italian, and I speak Spanish.
This is a legitimate British usage with no comma before the last clause "I speak English" But GMAT may insist on the use of the comma. However, hardly any official question is rejected on this count by the GMAC because punctuation is not in the hierarchy of GMAT's priorities.
The only exception is that when the list contains only two short clauses, it may be acceptable to GMAT to ignore the comma before the second clause.
Now on to your choices
Quote:
Above all, please remember this rule. Coordinating conjunctions may join just two words, two phrases, two verbs, two predicates, or even two clauses. The only condition is that both the compared ones should be parallel in stricture and logic. Please try to forget lists, conjunctions, commas, etc. as one amalgam.
I have tried as much as possible to address your concerns. Some may not be necessary; you may just ignore those irrelevant things for the sake of others who may have a use of it.
22 Nov 2018, 07:20
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thanks a lot sir,really appreciate
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