{"id":4110,"date":"2022-12-29T18:34:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T18:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2024-08-27T05:31:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T05:31:31","slug":"should-you-always-put-a-comma-before-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/should-you-always-put-a-comma-before-and","title":{"rendered":"Should you always put a comma before \u201cand\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/grammar-101\">Grammar<\/a> can be a difficult subject to master when you\u2019re learning the eight parts of speech. Add in punctuation, like <a href=\"https:\/\/cm-edgetun.pages.dev\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/writing\/how-to-use-semicolons\">semicolons<\/a> or commas, and it adds another layer of difficulty to your writing. You may use the word \u201cand\u201d in your writing because this handy word connects the other words you use. But should you put a comma before \u201cand\u201d or after it? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\"><picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/076-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/076-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/076-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/076-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\" \"\/><\/picture><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowing when to put a comma before \u201cand\u201d isn\u2019t always common sense. Learn when you should and shouldn\u2019t use this comma along with exceptions to the rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-4110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-writing","tag-writing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Should you always put a comma before \u201cand\u201d? \u2013 Microsoft 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn if, or when, you should put a comma before or after \u2018and\u2019 when writing. 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