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Rule "Comma before 'so/but/and please'"

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Description:	Comma before 'so/but/and please'
Message:	Use a comma before "\3" if it connects two independent clauses (unless they are closely connected and short).
Category:	Punctuation (ID: PUNCTUATION)
Link:	https://languagetool.org/insights/post/types-of-sentences/#compound-sentence
Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect:	Thank you for reaching out and thanks for buying our Premium subscription. Correction suggestion: , and So weird but thanks for the help! Correction suggestion: , but
Correct sentences for comparison:	Hello and thanks for reading. Hi and thank you for your suggestion. I appreciate and thank everyone for their input. Thanks and sorry for bad English. Congratulations and thanks to the team for a job well done. I also want to recognize and thank OYSA for their spirit
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Check the following text against just this rule:
ID:	COMMA_COMPOUND_SENTENCE_3 [2]
Version:	6.5-SNAPSHOT (2024-04-19 22:33:07 +0200)

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