Commas Before Joining Words

“When your child joins two complete thoughts with a word like "but" or "so" — like "I wanted to go, but it was raining" — do they put a comma before that joining word?”

0 / 3 mastered

• ⬜Place a comma before the coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, e.g. 'I wanted to go outside, but it was raining'
• ⬜Distinguish compound sentences (two independent clauses) from simple sentences with compound predicates, e.g. 'She sang and danced' needs no comma but 'She sang a song, and he played the piano' does
• ⬜Edit writing to insert missing commas before coordinating conjunctions in compound sentences