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I am 50 years old and for many, many years I would not use a comma before the word "and". I believe I was taught this in school. Consider the following statement as an example. "I would like Alice, Tom, Dick and Harry ... Is it necessarily to put a comma before the word "too&q Helped Wanted Ask a Teacher 5 29-Nov-2003 09:23...
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www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/34939-proper-use...
www.usingenglish.com/forum/ask-teacher/34939-proper-use-comma-before-word.html
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Since it would be used in the sense of also, I would doubt the fact . Difficult to say as a definate unless the question was shown but i cannot imagine an instance where it would be the case
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/150799
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In summary, we can say that the use of the comma before "too" at the end of the sentence is optional, but the trend seems to be going toward "light punctuation"* -- that is, no comma. Rachel; *light punctuation" vs. "heavy punctuation" treated by Huddleston and Pullum in The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language.
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thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/3406001...
thegrammarexchange.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x/a/tpc/f/340600179/m/5346054843
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Or does that seem too clunky? Answer » ... Q. When do you use a comma before “because”? I feel that I never need to put a comma before “because” because any information after it is necessary. What are your thoughts? Answer »...
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www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/CMS_FAQ/Commas/Commas_ques...
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Choices?!? Ack! I already have to come up with the words to say, now I must choose how to punctuate it. I don’t know that my poor brain can handle it. *sigh* Seriously though. I tend to not use the comma, even though my law-abiding brain...
http://www.dailywritingtips.com/comma-before-too/
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Get Grammar Girl's take on when to use a comma with too. Learn the rules of commas as they apply to transitional adverbs like however and also. ... I was taught that there is no comma before "too" (meaning "also") when it ends a sentence and there are always commas when "too" is mid-sentence.
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grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-with-too.aspx
grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-with-too.aspx
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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. ... I always put the extra comma too, probably because this is the first way I learned to list items. It is really strange that with all of the strict...
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blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2008/04/no_comma_befo...
blogs.setonhill.edu/KaitlinMonier/2008/04/no_comma_before_the_and_not_fo.html
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Two specific situations call for the use of a comma before "and." The first is created when we have three or more items in a series. This mark of punctuation is called the serial comma. For a full explanation of why we use the serial comma, please read our previous tip on the subject. ... Keep in mind, too, that the subject...
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www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/020204WhenCommaBfAnd.h...
www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/020204WhenCommaBfAnd.htm
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I'd put a comma before too in each of your example sentences. Regardless of where too appears in the sentence, it should be set off with commas when it means also, in addition to, and similar concepts. I want to shop at Macy's, too. I, too,...
http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88...
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