The use of a comma before 'and'
Hi
I've been looking at some punctuation rules with my students and taught them that we put a comma before and when we join two independent clauses. The example was:
He is the Managing Director of the company, and reports directly to the CEO.
All good so far. But then the same book gives the following sentence as correct with no comma:
We're meeting in his Brussels office and I'm a bit nervous about it because I don't speak French very well.
Following the same rule, shouldn't there also be a comma after 'and' here?
Thanks for your help!
Hi
I've been looking at some punctuation rules with my students and taught them that we put a comma before and when we join two independent clauses. The example was:
He is the Managing Director of the company, and reports directly to the CEO.
All good so far. But then the same book gives the following sentence as correct with no comma:
We're meeting in his Brussels office and I'm a bit nervous about it because I don't speak French very well.
Following the same rule, shouldn't there also be a comma after 'and' here?
Thanks for your help!
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