Talk:Mr. Whiskers

To Cebr1979 regarding my edit of the comma; I admit I do sometimes get a little hazy on some punctuation rules, so it was more than possible that I was wrong and the comma was used correctly. But when I make a mistake like that, I want to look it up to refresh my memory and understand exactly what I got wrong so I am less likely to make that mistake again.

So I looked it up at the first website that came up which was this one: https://www.businessinsider.com/a-guide-to-proper-comma-use-2013-9

At that website, the first rule would almost seem to apply. Here's what it says:

1. Use a comma before any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) that links two independent clauses.

Example: "I went running, and I saw a duck."

Here is your sentence:

Clay had no powers but, was athletic.

The word "but" is obviously in your sentence, but you've placed the comma after that word rather than before. But the bigger problem is that "but" needs to connect two independent clauses, and "was athletic" is not a complete independent clause by itself.

An independent clause should be able to be taken away from the rest o the sentence and work alone as its own sentence, and "was athletic" obviously does not work as a complete sentence by itself, so it's not an independent clause unless you add the word, "he" to the beginning.

Once that is done, you could add the comma before the word "but" and it would be correct, but not after. So that it would read, "Clay had no powers, but he was athletic."

But without the word "he" in it, I"m afraid I don't understand why the comma is needed and why it is needed after the word "but" and not before?

Naturally, you are an admin and you can do things however you like, but if I am overlooking some grammatical rule, I would appreciate it if you could explain it or point me to another website that explains why I'm wrong. Thank you.

````Jrasicmark````Jrasicmark (talk) 18:06, August 3, 2019 (UTC)