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** commas can only separate a S-V or V-O if acting parenthetically (see below for examples) | ** commas can only separate a S-V or V-O if acting parenthetically (see below for examples) | ||
** commas can NOT combine two ICs without a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) | ** commas can NOT combine two ICs without a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) | ||
** 1 or more commas can separate multiple subjects, verbs or objects from one another | |||
*** "Joey, Joella and Josephina jumped for joy" | |||
**** = a single comma between the subject "Joey" and its verb "jumped" because the comma creates a list and not a grammatical separation of the subject and verb | |||
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