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Book-Specific Resources / 20 Most Common Errors /
Error #3
Check to see how many of the sentences in your draft are compound sentences, sentences
made up of two or more parts that could each stand alone as a sentence. When the parts are
joined by and, but, so, yet, nor, or for, insert a
comma to indicate a pause between the two thoughts. In very short sentences, the comma is
optional if the sentence can be easily understood without it. But you'll never be wrong to use a comma.
For practice recognizing and editing this error, go to Exercise Central.
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