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I came across the following sentence. Is the comma before “but” essential?
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 23, 2019 at 23:30 UTC (7:30pm US/Eastern)Using a comma before “but”When do we need to put a comma after “so” at the beginning of a sentence?Use of a semicolon before and comma after “however”When to use a comma before “and”Too many commas in this sentence?Comma before where when the clause is at the end of the sentenceDoes the following sentence structure require comma?Comma before 'but'Comma before “but”Can there be a comma between the adverb and the noun of the last member of a series?
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Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential, but most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
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Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential, but most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
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Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential, but most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
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Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential, but most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
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Yes. Observe the following clauses stand alone as complete sentences.
Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential.
Most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
Thus to join the two and form a compound sentence requires both a comma and a conjunction.
answered Mar 23 at 22:55
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If there was no comma, the conjunction "but" would join the shortest possible clause before it, i.e. "good potential".
A sentence like "Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential but poor motivation." does not need the comma, because "but" is comparing the shortest possible adjacent phrases, "good potential" and "poor motivation". But in the OP's sentence, the clause referred to by the word "but" starts at the beginning of the sentence.
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Yes. Observe the following clauses stand alone as complete sentences.
Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential.
Most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
Thus to join the two and form a compound sentence requires both a comma and a conjunction.
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Yes. Observe the following clauses stand alone as complete sentences.
Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential.
Most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
Thus to join the two and form a compound sentence requires both a comma and a conjunction.
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Yes. Observe the following clauses stand alone as complete sentences.
Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential.
Most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
Thus to join the two and form a compound sentence requires both a comma and a conjunction.
answered Mar 23 at 22:55
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Yes. Observe the following clauses stand alone as complete sentences.
Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential.
Most of the academy graduates do not get a chance to play for the senior squad.
Thus to join the two and form a compound sentence requires both a comma and a conjunction.
answered Mar 23 at 22:55
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If there was no comma, the conjunction "but" would join the shortest possible clause before it, i.e. "good potential".
A sentence like "Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential but poor motivation." does not need the comma, because "but" is comparing the shortest possible adjacent phrases, "good potential" and "poor motivation". But in the OP's sentence, the clause referred to by the word "but" starts at the beginning of the sentence.
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If there was no comma, the conjunction "but" would join the shortest possible clause before it, i.e. "good potential".
A sentence like "Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential but poor motivation." does not need the comma, because "but" is comparing the shortest possible adjacent phrases, "good potential" and "poor motivation". But in the OP's sentence, the clause referred to by the word "but" starts at the beginning of the sentence.
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If there was no comma, the conjunction "but" would join the shortest possible clause before it, i.e. "good potential".
A sentence like "Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential but poor motivation." does not need the comma, because "but" is comparing the shortest possible adjacent phrases, "good potential" and "poor motivation". But in the OP's sentence, the clause referred to by the word "but" starts at the beginning of the sentence.
answered Mar 23 at 23:15
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If there was no comma, the conjunction "but" would join the shortest possible clause before it, i.e. "good potential".
A sentence like "Chelsea, a big club for many years now, has a habit of producing players with good potential but poor motivation." does not need the comma, because "but" is comparing the shortest possible adjacent phrases, "good potential" and "poor motivation". But in the OP's sentence, the clause referred to by the word "but" starts at the beginning of the sentence.
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