Question

When should you include a comma before a coordinating conjunction? any time the words and, or, but, and so are in a sentence when a coordinating conjunction separates two independent clauses when there is only one independent clause in a sentence when one complete thought is included in a sentence

Answer 1

Answer:

You should include one when there are two sentences being put together into one.

Explanation:

For example, you would put a comma here:

I like ice cream, and I like cookies.

There are two sentences here, therefore, the comma is necessary to separate them.

However, a comma is not necessary here:

I like ice cream and cookies.

This is one sentence, so the comma is not needed here.