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   Hi, Dallas Hinton! -> Wayne Harris   
   I read your message from 04.08.2020 12:22   
      
    >>   
    >>> I don't think it optional but Nesfield disagrees:   
    >>   
    >> Speaking of punctuation, I missed a comma before `but'.   
      
    WH>> Is this comma always required? If so, who stated and where it is   
    WH>> stated?   
      
    DH> It's not always (or even often) required. "But" is a conjunction,   
    DH> not a conjuctive adverb and therefore the comma should or should   
    DH> not be there based on context (cf. Fowlers ).   
      
   Is this rule applicable?   
      
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   A comma should be used before these conjunctions: and, but, for, nor,   
   yet, or, so to separate two independent clauses. They are called   
   co-ordinating conjunctions   
      
   https://www.ole.bris.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/courses/Study_Skills/gramm   
   r-and-punctuation/index.html#/id/5eaff0d388d7eb04c5efb44f   
      
   or   
      
   https://is.gd/Kt92EF   
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   Bye, Dallas!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   english_tutor 2020   
      
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