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Can I add a comma after every BUT & AND?!

So can I say:

I like eating chips but, pizza is my favourite food
I like eating chips and, I adore eating pizza.

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not after and i'm not sure about but
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Reply 2
Original post by JustDoIt!
So can I say:

I like eating chips but, pizza is my favourite food
I like eating chips and, I adore eating pizza.


The comma should be before the connective.

I like eating chips, but pizza is my favourite food.
I like eating chips, and I adore eating pizza.
Reply 3
Original post by IWMTom
The comma should be before the connective.

I like eating chips, but pizza is my favourite food.
I like eating chips, and I adore eating pizza.


Yeahhh, I used to do that too, but read it like that somewhere and started mimicking it like **** ;-;
The comma would go before the but.

"I like eating chips, but pizza is my favourite."

I wouldn't have a comma for the second one?

"I like eating chips and adore eating pizza."

But I think you can do:

"I like eating chips, and adore eating pizza."
Reply 5
Original post by JordLndr

I wouldn't have a comma for the second one?

"I like eating chips and adore eating pizza."

But I think you can do:

"I like eating chips, and adore eating pizza."


This is an example of the Oxford comma, something I particularly purvey.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma
Reply 6
Original post by IWMTom
The comma should be before the connective.

I like eating chips, but pizza is my favourite food.
I like eating chips, and I adore eating pizza.


So can I say: I like eating chips but, my friend, loves eating pizza.
Reply 7
Original post by JustDoIt!
So can I say: I like eating chips but, my friend, loves eating pizza.


I like eating chips, but my friend loves eating pizza.

The first comma is in the wrong position, and the second is unnecessary; it harms the flow of the sentence.
Reply 8
Original post by IWMTom
I like eating chips, but my friend loves eating pizza.

The first comma is in the wrong position, and the second is unnecessary; it harms the flow of the sentence.


If I sat down for a couple of hours a week is it possible for me to learn all these rules? How did you learn them?
Reply 9
I was taught that if you remove the clause between the commas the sentence should still make sense.

Ie. When you go to the shop, buy a banana.

If you remove the first clause, the second still makes sense as a standalone.
Reply 10
Original post by ns_2
I was taught that if you remove the clause between the commas the sentence should still make sense.

Ie. When you go to the shop, buy a banana.

If you remove the first clause, the second still makes sense as a standalone.


Would, 'buy a banana' be considered a sentence?
Reply 11
Original post by JustDoIt!
Would, 'buy a banana' be considered a sentence?


It denotes an 'imperative clause'.
Reply 12
Original post by ns_2
It denotes an 'imperative clause'.


This is why I love the freedom of text-speech! *facepalms* Thank you :smile:
Reply 13
Original post by JustDoIt!
If I sat down for a couple of hours a week is it possible for me to learn all these rules? How did you learn them?


GCSE English Lang/Lit?
Original post by JustDoIt!
So can I say:

I like eating chips but, pizza is my favourite food
I like eating chips and, I adore eating pizza.


Only when you are doing an impression of William Shatner.
Reply 15
Original post by IWMTom
GCSE English Lang/Lit?


All my teachers left after 7 months, I went to a crap school.
Original post by JustDoIt!
So can I say:

I like eating chips but, pizza is my favourite food
I like eating chips and, I adore eating pizza.
I take it you only just started learning English?
You don't need any commas in these sentences. Simply write:

I like eating chips but pizza is my favourite food.
I like eating chips and I adore eating pizza.

And it's not an Oxford comma. That's when you use a comma before the "and" of the last item in a list.
Really there's only one rule you need to learn here and it's this: commas NEVER go after connectives. Ever.
What is this, grammar school?

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