punctuation in compound/complex sentence
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punctuation in compound/complex sentence
In the above sentence, my review editor has suggested adding a comma after the first 'too'. I also feel that the sentence sounds better with comma. But the reason I removed is that Grammarly marked it as punctuation in compound/complex sentence.
Grammar angels, please help me with what I am doing wrong?
I would also appreciate any links/resources/books/websites about compound sentences, as I am still learning the intricacies of English grammar.
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Thank youMrsCatInTheHat wrote: ↑12 Nov 2020, 07:32 Grammarly is not perfect and makes odd suggestions at times. The bottom line is that you need to know your grammar. Proofreading software is really only a back up to double-check things. Check Purdue's Owl website. It can be helpful. On that note, a comma would be appropriate after, "too."
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3. In place of ‘however’ or ‘but’
E.g. “I do not usually drink coffee, though I’ve had 2 cups today.”
Used after a comma, in the middle of a sentence, the word ‘though’ (or ‘although’) can be used to
mean the same as “I do not usually drink coffee, but/however* I have had 2 cups today.”
Your sentence is a compound sentence with two independent clauses, so it needs a comma and a conjunction if the word is deemed an actual conjunction.
Grammarly likely considered the word "though" as a subordinating conjunction with a clause at the end of the sentence which would make it a complex sentence, so no comma was needed.
I think the comma might be debatable.