Comma Before a Coordinating Conjunction
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When for, and, nor, but, or, yet, or so are used to connect two complete sentences there should be a comma before it. These words can be coordinating conjunctions, but they are not always, nor does a comma always need to be placed before them.
Joe was born in Hollywood, and he loves California.
We need a comma there mostly for organization and clarity. In some rare examples, one of which I hope to find for this blog, the meaning of the sentence can be totally changed by the absence of this comma.
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