grammar question?

Question

Should i add a comma after the word AND?

This incident will cause the price to increase, and as a result, the company will lose its customers.

Answer 1

nope & remove the comma after increase. Then you're all good to go!

Answer 2

"This incident will cause the price to increase, and as a result, the company will lose its customers. "

Actually, you probably don't need any commas in that sentence at all.

Think about it like this: a comma is a pause in the sentence. When you say this sentence out loud to someone, you would could easily say it all in one fell swoop with much pause.

However, if you feel it necessary to put commas in, there should absolutely NOT be a comma in front of the conjunction 'and.'

Also, you could put a comma after 'and' and after 'result' setting it off in a sort of appositive, but not after just one of them: there either have to be two commas or none. You can't have just a comma after 'and' and nothing else. You can't have just a comma after 'result' and nothing else.

The way you set up the sentence here is very wrong and extremely awkward to read.

Corrected, you should probably go with:

This incident will cause the price to increase and, as a result, the company will lose its customers.

Answer 3

Yes, add the comma after and instead of increase. The incident will cause the price to increase and, as a result, the company will lose its customers. If you break it down you can see that if you take out "as a result" the sentence can still stand alone.

Answer 4

Say the sentence like you would in a speech. If there is a natural pause or it separates a series, there should be a comma. Since these are two separate thoughts, consider separating the sentences:

This incident will cause the price to increase. As a result, the company will lose its customers.

Answer 5

Yes, I would. The 'modern' media editors would say that the sentence should read:

'This incident will cause the price to increase and as a result, the company will lose its customers.'
As you can see they want to limit the use of commas.

I will stick with your version - writing it as if you were speaking to a group: This incident will cause the price to increase, and, as a result, the company will lose its customers.

Answer 6

No comma. I would actually get rid of the comma and the and. Put a period and start another sentence with As a result, the company will lose its customers.

Answer 7

Yes, it should be : This incident will cause the price to increase and, as a result, the company will lose its customers.

But personally I think I would leave out "and" at all.

This incident will cause the price to increase, as a result, the company will lose its customers.

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Answer 8

yes. this is how i teach people to remember when to use commas with "and." first, cover up the part of the sentence up to and including "and." now:

[sentence], and [sentence].
[sentence] and [can't stand alone].

if what comes after the and can stand alone, it requires a comma. if it cannot, you don't put one.

so, for example:

John liked figs, and he ate the whole box of fig newtons.
John liked figs and ate the whole box.

so your sentence should be: This incident will cause the price to increase, and as a result the company will lose its customers.

get it?
hope that helps you in the future!

Answer 9

It would not make sense to add a comma after the and though cause and the sounds better least when I look at it.

Answer 10

no you shouldn't.

this is what the proper sentence should look like.

"This incident will cause the price to increase; and as a result, the company will loose its customers. "

Answer 11

No. Ther should never be a comma after AND...the and acts as the comma...also the comma after increase is wrong and should be left out.