Learn English – comma before “and soon” at the end of a sentence

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I'm proofreading for an author and his sentence is, in essence, written like this:

Bob will be exposed for his bad deeds and soon.

I think you need a comma before "and soon," but I can't find a reference for it anywhere.

Best Answer

You say "in essence". Do you mean there's more after this sentence, as in...?

Bob will be exposed for his bad deeds and soon will be thrown in jail (example, but you get the point)

In which case there should be a comma separating the two only if the two are complete sentences. Hence

Bob will be exposed for his bad deeds and soon will be jailed.

and

Bob will be exposed for his bad deeds, and soon he will be arrested.


If the sentence just ends where you put the period, then writing "and soon" is either a mistake, or the author means "..., and the above will happen to him soon". In which case, it should be:

Bob will be exposed for his bad deeds, and soon.

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