This auditor is correct. - Anne

Posted: Aug 3rd, 2015 - 1:37 pm In Reply to: Audit Question - of the Day

The MT's punctuation was not correct. A comma belongs before "and" in this sentence as what follows is an independent clause, and it does not belong before "but" here because what follows is not an independent clause. Simple as that! :-)

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Audit Question - of the Day (Views: 842, 2015-08-03, 12:41 pm)
- I'm not Miss Grammar but I prefer the MT's - version. NM (Views: 533, 2015-08-03, 1:01 pm)
- audit question - gcmt (Views: 866, 2015-08-03, 1:02 pm)
- I will guess it can go either way, but I would - prefer the audited version SM (Views: 544, 2015-08-03, 1:06 pm)
  - I'm an MT and not the least bit interesting - Me (Views: 597, 2015-08-03, 1:08 pm)
- some thoughts - anon (Views: 526, 2015-08-03, 1:13 pm)
- It is related to noun and verb usage - anon (Views: 498, 2015-08-03, 1:27 pm)
- For What It's Worth - Spark (Views: 541, 2015-08-03, 1:34 pm)
- This auditor is correct. - Anne
  - Audit - OneFootOutTheDoor (Views: 581, 2015-08-03, 2:10 pm)
    - My opinion doesn't matter it is nitpicking and causing - confusion.. (Views: 511, 2015-08-03, 2:25 pm)
    - The prior sentence is irrelevant. - Anne (Views: 753, 2015-08-03, 2:45 pm)
  - And how can people dislike punctuation rules? - Anne (Views: 538, 2015-08-03, 2:58 pm)
    - I dont know, but I appreciated your - answer. (Views: 456, 2015-08-03, 3:27 pm)
    - They're not disliking the rule. - Hive mind (Views: 789, 2015-08-03, 5:05 pm)
    - Anne, - anon (Views: 504, 2015-08-03, 5:08 pm)
      - While the rules are expansive... - Anne (Views: 722, 2015-08-03, 6:39 pm)
        Rule bending - anon (Views: 517, 2015-08-03, 7:55 pm)
        Let's agree on this... - Anne (Views: 461, 2015-08-03, 8:42 pm)
        I do agree with you there - nm :) - anon (Views: 818, 2015-08-03, 9:03 pm)
  - when i first started - moonchild (Views: 572, 2015-08-03, 5:19 pm)
    - Moonchild - Me, too! (Views: 444, 2015-08-03, 5:39 pm)
- audit question -- my take - I post from time to time (Views: 464, 2015-08-03, 6:51 pm)
  - Audit question I made an oopsie - I post from time to time (Views: 493, 2015-08-03, 7:10 pm)
    - If we actually were editors - Val (Views: 478, 2015-08-04, 3:13 am)
- dependent and independent clauses - Mrs Grammar (Views: 438, 2015-08-04, 11:48 am)

This auditor is correct. - Anne

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