MISSING COMMA

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rishonly

#169364 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:33 AM

The high court was the former gang leader's last chance to avoid death by injection after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied him clemency earlier Monday and a federal appeals court panel rejected a request to stay his execution.

Do we need a comma in before of 'and' as ',and'. Please explain.

rishonly

Joined on Sat, Mar 5 2005

KUMBAKONAM,INDIA

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Regards, Krish

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nona the brit

#169366 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:36 AM

It does not need a comma.

nona the brit

Joined on Wed, Sep 22 2004

England

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The name says it all.

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rishonly

#169367 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:38 AM

Would you be kind enough to explain the reason?

rishonly

katsudon

#169369 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:41 AM

Rishonly wrote:

The high court was the former gang leader's last chance to avoid death by injection after California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied him clemency earlier Monday and a federal appeals court panel rejected a request to stay his execution.

Do we need a comma [in before of] in front of 'and' as ',and'. Please explain.

Though a case could be made for it as a logical collocation, Rishonly, in English, we don't say <in before of>. Note the change I made, in red, above.

You don't need a comma before 'and'.

katsudon

Joined on Fri, Jun 10 2005

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rishonly

#169373 Tue, 13 Dec 05 06:46 AM

Point well noted, Katsudon. Thanks.

rishonly

nona the brit

#169436 Tue, 13 Dec 05 11:00 AM

I do not think it needs a comma as this is just a long version of a simple construction. It's the same as

Taking a shortcut was the only way he could get to work on time after forgetting his tie and missing the bus.

nona the brit

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Ikia

#169447 Tue, 13 Dec 05 12:06 PM

You're probably looking at two clauses separated by "and," and you want to place a comma before "and." An independent clause is one that can stand alone and MAKE SENSE.

The two clauses here are not actually INDEPENDENT clauses. Each clause needs the preposition "after" in order to complete its meaning. In other words, the second clause cannot stand by itself and still makes sense.

Ikia

Joined on Thu, Dec 8 2005

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rishonly

#169553 Tue, 13 Dec 05 08:24 PM

Thanks, Ikia and Nona the brit.

rishonly