When Do I Put a Comma before Though
When using the word though in a sentence, you would want to put the comma before the though. "Sarah loved to eat cantelopes every morning, though she is allergic to them." Though can also be used at the beginning of the sentence as well. "Though Tom suffered terrible seasickness, he loved to get out on the water with Julie." You may wish to visit this website for more information: http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html.
Posted by DanaK on 8/31/2009
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Oh sorry- it's a comma before the word "and". At school (in England) they teach us never ever to put a comma before "and". I hated that because sometimes it looks like you just have to, so I went ahead and broke the rule. ... I would not include a comma before as well or too; I would before though, though.
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Use a comma to separate the elements in a series (three or more things), including the last two. "He hit the ball, dropped the bat, and ran to first base." You may have learned that the comma before the "and" is unnecessary, ... Sometimes, though, the "because clause" must be set off with a comma to avoid misreading:
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Serial comma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The serial comma (also known as the Oxford comma and the Harvard comma ) is the comma used immediately before a grammatical conjunction (usually and , or , and sometimes nor ) preceding th...
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This advice is unchanged in the most recent edition of Modern American Usage (NY: Hill and Wang, 1998) — even though its editor, ... One of your culprits is the Associated Press Stylebook (p. 274). "Use commas to separate elements in a series, but do not put a comma before the conjunction in a simple series: The flag is...
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If there is no comma, the last two items seem to be one. For example: I ate an apple, a slice of pizza and chips. This makes it seem as though the pizza and chips were eaten together or otherwise separated from the apple (and makes it seem the comma should be followed by another "and").
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I know we put comma before "co-ordinating conjunction" like and, but, etc.; I can't understand why the above sentence has been put comma in front of "so".; Could you help me with this? ... I know we omit comma after the words like now, then, here etc. though they modify the whole sentence. e.g. Now I can complete the...
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Put a comma before a conjunction that joins two complete thoughts. You should know this one pretty well by now! ... Abby and Paige are cheerleaders. +; They are also good students. =; Abby and Paige are cheerleaders, and they are also good students. ... Comma Rules...
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Although some have given me explanations, I still don't understand why there is a comma before 'though'? Then when we should and should not put a comma before the words 'although', 'though', 'because' when they are placed to join two sentences together.
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i mean, if you look at the sentence, the lawyers put a comma before `and' even though it was not followed by an independent clause. the addition of a comma after `five year terms' makes it seem like that whole segment is just added but not necessary (i.e., that it can be taken out without a significant change in meaning).
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"They [commas] divide items in lists, but are not required before the and on the end" (Truss 83).; In high school, we were taught to always put a comma before the and. ... We should not be surprised we were not taught to leave it out though, Truss comments that the common practice in the U.S. is to use the extra comma.
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