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Commas Before Joining Words

Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, so, yet) when joining two independent clauses in a compound sentence

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Place a comma before a joining word only when it joins two complete clauses in this lesson’s convention.

Place a comma before a joining word only when it joins two complete clauses in this lesson’s convention.

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  • Place a comma before the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, e.g. 'I wanted to go outside, but it was raining'
  • Distinguish compound sentences (two independent clauses) from simple sentences with compound predicates, e.g. 'She sang and danced' needs no comma but 'She sang a song, and he played the piano' does
  • Edit writing to insert missing commas before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences
“When your child joins two complete thoughts with a word like "but" or "so" — like "I wanted to go, but it was raining" — do they put a comma before that joining word?”

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Type
Procedural
Subject
English
Domain
Grammar & Punctuation
Age range
Ages 9–11

Standards

ccss-ela:L.4.2cccss-ela:L.5.2b