Anne, - anon Posted: Aug 3rd, 2015 - 5:08 pm In Reply to: And how can people dislike punctuation rules? - Anne
I think the dislikes come from having 'rules' applied without consideration for alternatives.
You are correct in that 2 complete clauses CAN be separated with a comma as the QA person did, but there are times when a comma is not needed for clarity and can be omitted. There are, obviously, times when commas are used besides just "to separate 2 complete clauses." Here is an example from p419 of BOS2:
The vernacular usage usually makes virus a separate word, but not always.
Now consider, "We went to work, and we went out but not to a bar" verses "We went to work and we went out, but not to a bar." Use of a comma in some situations is required PERIOD. At other times it is optional, and context and the speaker's intent can encourage emphasis to be placed in one place or in a different place.
Slapping down a 'rule' (especially for a comma!) and calling it 'done' just smacks of the capriciousness we see from QA all the time, and I think that is why you are seeing dislikes.
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