Lisa Brinkmann Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Word Choice and Punctuation

Is this sentence clear and should a comma be used:

The gutter material is on order and we are waiting for it to arrive for installation.

  

Top answer

Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction take a comma before the conjunction. This is one of the ABCs of comma style. Commit it to memory before you start looking at the exceptions.

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Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction take a comma before the conjunction. This is one of the ABCs of comma style. Commit it to memory before you start looking at the exceptions.

Other than that, it's fine.