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They played well and won the match : Do we need comma before and?
They played well yet lost the match : Do we need comma before yet?
They played well, yet they lost the match : Is comma placed correctly?
Any tutorial about comma usage would be a great help.
They played well yet lost the match : Do we need comma before yet?
They played well, yet they lost the match : Is comma placed correctly?
Any tutorial about comma usage would be a great help.
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04 Oct 2010, 10:56
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Here you go - https://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm
There are lots of useful grammar rules on the site.
There are lots of useful grammar rules on the site.
05 Oct 2010, 14:06
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dghosh,
First, let me say that commas on the GMAT aren't really tested this way. You might have to decide between a comma and a semicolon, or you might need to notice a comma in an SC question to realize that there is a parallelism problem, but you won't have to choose an SC answer based purely on whether the comma exists or not.
That said, here's your rule:
You only need a comma before a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) if that conjunction joins two independent clauses (complete sentences). See below for examples:
They played well and won the match : Do we need comma before and? --> No. This is similar to "I ate peanut butter and jelly." The "and" doesn't join two separate sentences; it joins two nouns.
They played well yet lost the match : Do we need comma before yet? --> No. "They played well" is an independent clause but "lost the match" isn't. That said, I wouldn't write this way. I would write the way you have in your third example.
They played well, yet they lost the match : Is comma placed correctly? --> Yes. "They played well" and "they lost the match" are both independent clauses. You need the comma before the conjunction here.
First, let me say that commas on the GMAT aren't really tested this way. You might have to decide between a comma and a semicolon, or you might need to notice a comma in an SC question to realize that there is a parallelism problem, but you won't have to choose an SC answer based purely on whether the comma exists or not.
That said, here's your rule:
You only need a comma before a conjunction (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) if that conjunction joins two independent clauses (complete sentences). See below for examples:
They played well and won the match : Do we need comma before and? --> No. This is similar to "I ate peanut butter and jelly." The "and" doesn't join two separate sentences; it joins two nouns.
They played well yet lost the match : Do we need comma before yet? --> No. "They played well" is an independent clause but "lost the match" isn't. That said, I wouldn't write this way. I would write the way you have in your third example.
They played well, yet they lost the match : Is comma placed correctly? --> Yes. "They played well" and "they lost the match" are both independent clauses. You need the comma before the conjunction here.
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