Learn English – Comma before “not”

commaspunctuation

If I have this opposition construction with not like

It's all about intimidation(,) not the law.

should I place a comma before not?

Best Answer

Yes you should.

It's all about intimidation (pause) not the law.

The pause is provided by the comma. Another reason might be that this could be thought of joining to different sentences.

It's all about intimidation. It is not about the law.

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