Question
His performance was impressive (despite a few mistakes) and I gave him a standing ovation. where to put commas
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GPT-4o mini
Your sentence is mostly correct, but it could be improved for clarity with the addition of a comma. Here’s a revised version:
"His performance was impressive, despite a few mistakes, and I gave him a standing ovation."
The comma after "impressive" separates the two independent ideas and clarifies that the phrase "despite a few mistakes" is additional information about the performance.
"His performance was impressive, despite a few mistakes, and I gave him a standing ovation."
The comma after "impressive" separates the two independent ideas and clarifies that the phrase "despite a few mistakes" is additional information about the performance.