Correction on your correction - Too much time on my hands Posted: Nov 23rd, 2015 - 8:46 pm In Reply to: actually you are wrong sm - no name
A quickly found example. Many other (more academic) sources, if you care to look.
A comma should also be placed before and if and is at the beginning of an independent clause.
The purpose of a comma is to clarify list, and it also conjoins ideas.
The dog is young, and it’s also well-trained.
It’s cold outside, and I can’t find my coat.
http://www.grammarly.com/handbook/punctuation/comma/22/comma-before-and/
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