Exercise: 2 / 2

Punctuating coordinating conjunctions
(and, but, or, nor, so, yet)

Purpose: This exercise offers further practice in deciding whether a coordinate conjunction should be preceded by a comma or not.

Instructions: For each item, you will need to decide whether a comma or no punctuation is correct in the context. In this exercise, you need to use American English conventions, although British variations will be indicated in the feedback.

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Estimated time: 20 minutes.

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