Assertion: comma | /r/HasProperty | required
Facets:
value: before
type: TEMPORAL
value: in answer choices
type: OTHER
value: typically
type: DEGREE
value: with correlative conjunctions
type: OTHER
value: stylistically
type: MANNER
value: for more than two
type: TEMPORAL
value: to avoid confusion
type: PURPOSE
value: to have all commas
type: PURPOSE
value: by those guides
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The comma is required.)
text: In the following sentences, where the second clause is independent (because it can stand alone as a sentence), the comma is considered by those guides to be necessary:
text: If you are using the day-month-year format, however, commas are unnecessary.
text: This is also acceptable, but if we want to connect them into one compound sentence, both a comma and a coordinating conjunction are needed to make the sentence grammatically correct.
text: Incorrect: I like both English, and math (the comma isn’t needed).
text: In general, it is considered necessary stylistically to have all commas in a sentence serve the same function, to avoid confusion on the part of the reader.
text: No comma is required before and.
text: No comma is required before but.
text: No comma is required before and.
text: When these conjunctions are used to join two complete ideas, however, a comma is required:
text: When these conjunctions join two words or phrases, no comma is necessary (for more than two, take a look at “Commas in Lists” just below):
text: There are only two items in the list, so no comma is necessary: Victor and Ava decided to choose a restaurant and go out to eat.
text: Here's a little exercise that can help you learn when commas are necessary or to help you dust the cobwebs off of your already acquired skills.
text: Typically, commas are unnecessary with correlative conjunctions.
text: Since we took out the entire parenthetical phrase, the comma beforehand is unnecessary.
text: In answer choices H and J, the commas are unnecessary.
text: The dates (July 4, 1968) and places (Cleveland, Ohio) are juxtaposed, and commas are needed because the juxtaposed items are clearly different from each other.
text: There is no year in the date, so no commas are needed; if a year were provided it would read as follows:
text: He acted hungry, but wasn’t (the comma isn’t needed).