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21 Sep 2019, 11:12
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Hi all,
need some suggestion on the usage of ",and" & "and," in a sentence?
I struggle a lot to figure out the "," & co-ordinating conjunction usage together.
Any helpful note with examples will be of much help.
Thanks
need some suggestion on the usage of ",and" & "and," in a sentence?
I struggle a lot to figure out the "," & co-ordinating conjunction usage together.
Any helpful note with examples will be of much help.
Thanks
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21 Sep 2019, 15:13
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Hi, I am not an expert, but I know this one inside-out now. I never understood this thing, at first.
The comma before and marks an end of the list.
NOTE - I like to play and to run.
this won't need a comma as these are just 2 things.
So, using a comma before "and" is a style of writing in that you don't confuse 3-4-5 things as less than or more than the actual number. As our eye is known to take a pause at a comma, this technique/style was adopted while writing a list of things -- parallelism on GMAT.
It goes like this.
eg.
I like to eat, drink, walk, cycle, run, jog, and play. (comma before "and")
These are all the nouns and the verb is "like"
NOTE- This is a parallel list. We can add as many as things in it. Also, some newspapers/magazines don't put "," before "and". It is okay for them not to. GMAC always does that in its exam -- The GMAT.
I like eating pizza by the bay, drinking Gatorade and iced-tea at jimmy's, walking by the beach, cycling downhill on my bike, running faster than Usain bolt (haha), jogging without my shoes on, and playing tennis on clay court. (comma before "and")
NOTICE- THESE are all the details of the things I "like" (verb) therefore, that information must be given with all the gerunds(-ing) ... it shouldn't skip any portion, the last one will contain a "," before "and" to mark the end of the list.
let me know if you didn't get anything
21 Sep 2019, 21:50
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Shrey9
Thanks mate. Now i take a dig on it
& "and,", i suppose is used to connect to ICs in a sentence to avoid run-ons.
Please correct me if i am wrong.
