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1. tines+23[view] [source] 2021-07-09 18:39:39
>>Tomte+(OP)
Not to detract from the message here, but

> It may just be a game to you but, it means the world to us

The placement of that comma really irks me. Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form? I'm somewhat surprised to see this in official communication from the Canadian Red Cross group.

I feel like I've seen this "post-but" comma more and more recently. I guess people feel like they would speak the sentence with a pause after the conjunction and therefore the comma goes there in writing.

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2. ykat7+04[view] [source] 2021-07-09 18:45:02
>>tines+23
> Isn't "It may just be a game to you, but it means the world to us" the grammatically correct form?

Yep, that's what I would go with. I can't see a use case for a comma after the "but" in British nor American English.

> I guess people feel like they would speak the sentence with a pause after the conjunction

Even this feels off to me when I read up to the "but" and then pause (as opposed to pausing on the "you").

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