Conjunction Rule #02. A comma is not used when the coordinator does not join two independent
clauses.
For
example:
·
I like oranges and mangoes.
·
Our car arrived on time but at a wrong parking area.
Note: In these sentences, conjunctions do not join two
independent clauses. In the first sentence, it joins two words and in the
second sentence it joins a preposition phrase.
Students’
Task:
Ask students to rewrite the following sentences
without including a comma:
·
John and, I are friends
·
He hasn’t arrived, yet
·
The President, and the Prime Minister arrived on time
·
Some students are, so creative
·
Mariam clever but, lazy