{"id":7727,"date":"2020-08-30T19:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T19:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/?p=7727"},"modified":"2023-04-10T13:29:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:29:49","slug":"comma-before-or-after-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-or-after-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Comma before or after \u201cyet\u201d: Rules &#038; Examples"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>img#mv-trellis-img-1::before{padding-top:56.25%; }img#mv-trellis-img-1{display:block;}<\/style><p>For many writers, especially those still starting out, the rules governing grammar and punctuation may seem esoteric and strange.<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you&rsquo;ve ever had the displeasure of coming across a stickler for the rules, you are always left with the impression that those <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-who\/\">who<\/a> <\/strong>don&rsquo;t follow grammar rules to the letter might as well not try writing in English at all.<\/p>\n<p>However, this is not accurate. If anything grammar and punctuation rules are there to help with comprehension and to support the overall meaning of the writing.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, a lot of times, writers will punctuate their sentences according to what makes the reader&rsquo;s life easier.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, a writer might place a comma just to give the reader a chance to breathe, even if the rules don&rsquo;t strictly say that a comma should be placed in that spot.<\/p>\n<p>So, bearing in mind that <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apu.edu\/live_data\/files\/288\/basic_punctuation_rules.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">punctuation<\/a><\/strong> and grammar are all about meaning, let&rsquo;s try to answer a simple question.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Should we use a comma with &ldquo;yet&rdquo;?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>&ldquo;Yet&rdquo; is one of those words that can play more than one role. When acting as an adverb, then you don&rsquo;t need to use a comma unless the sentence structure dictates so. Alternatively, when it is acting as a conjunction, it will probably need a comma either before it or after it, depending on where it shows up in the sentence.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the short answer, but you&rsquo;re not here for the short answer, are you?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, let&rsquo;s delve deeper together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grow-exclusive-content-widget-aa70192d-d134-4c49-86a3-d6f2effb13c9 grow-allow-content-ads\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1FcGWj9ZmJCqbVuKMOa6A7yA_r8YRdtsq\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16942 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\" alt=\"Comma Rules Cheat Sheet\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-720x405.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-735x413.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-335x188.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-347x195.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-520x293.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-960x540.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1080x608.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16942 size-full eager-load\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201280%20720'%3E%3Crect%20width='1280'%20height='720'%20style='fill:%23e3e3e3'\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" alt=\"Comma Rules Cheat Sheet\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\" id=\"mv-trellis-img-1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive.jpeg 854w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-480x270.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-720x405.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-320x180.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-735x413.jpeg 735w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-335x188.jpeg 335w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-347x195.jpeg 347w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-520x293.jpeg 520w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-640x360.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-960x540.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Comma-Cheat-Sheet-to-Google-Drive-1080x608.jpeg 1080w\" data-svg=\"1\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Understanding the different parts of speech formed by &ldquo;yet&rdquo;<\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned earlier, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; can either be an adverb or a conjunction. Let&rsquo;s start with the case of it being an adverb.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&rdquo;Yet&rdquo; the adverb<\/h3>\n<p>When &ldquo;yet&rdquo; is used as an adverb, it can have one of several meanings.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, it can be used to signify the present time, in which case it is usually used with negative verbs or interrogatory statements, aka questions.<\/p>\n<p>When used with statements, the notion is that even though something hasn&rsquo;t happened up until the statement was made, it is expected to happen at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>And, when used with questions, it is used to wonder whether something has happened at the moment the question is posed or not, the implication being that it will happen eventually.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He hasn&rsquo;t called yet.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In this example, the subject still hasn&rsquo;t called up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-until\/\">until<\/a><\/strong> the statement was made. Yet, the author expects him to call at some point.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Are we there yet?<\/div><\/div>\n<p>This is probably one of the most famous questions asked by children around the world who find themselves on a long trip.<\/p>\n<p>Here, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; is used to ask whether they have arrived at the moment the question is being asked. But, even if they still haven&rsquo;t arrived, they are bound to arrive at their destination at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Another definition of &ldquo;yet&rdquo; the adverb is that there is still time for something to happen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He has yet to call.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the above example, the speaker isn&rsquo;t sure whether the subject of the sentence will call or not. All we, the listeners know, is that he hasn&rsquo;t called, but there is still time for him to call.<\/p>\n<p>One more definition of &ldquo;yet&rdquo; the adverb is that something is true when compared to earlier or previous actions or endeavors. (If this seems vague, the example will clear things up.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">This is her fastest mile yet.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In this example, the author is saying that when compared to all over her other previous miles, this is the fastest one so far. Ergo, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; here has the same definition as &ldquo;so far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that this particular &ldquo;yet&rdquo; is usually paired with a superlative to enable a comparison with earlier times.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s another example just to drive the point home.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">This is your best work yet.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>You could literally rewrite the above sentence as follows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">This is your best work so far.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>And, the meaning remains exactly the same.<\/p>\n<p>There is another sense <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-before-where\/\">where<\/a><\/strong> &ldquo;yet&rdquo; is used to talk about earlier times. In this case, it is still used to confirm that something has been true since earlier times, but it isn&rsquo;t used with any superlative adjectives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">They traveled to Egypt back during the early 1990s, and they live there yet.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In the above example, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; is used to let us know that the people in question have been living in Egypt ever since they traveled to it back in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; can be combined with other words to form <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/clauses-vs-phrases\/\">phrases<\/a><\/strong>. For example, you have the phrase &ldquo;yet another&rdquo; which means &ldquo;in addition&rdquo; or &ldquo;again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">My team has lost yet another match.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>This is a simple way of saying the team has been on a losing streak and that they have again lost another match.<\/p>\n<p>Another phrase you can create with &ldquo;yet&rdquo; comes about if you add the word &ldquo;again.&rdquo; &ldquo;Yet again&rdquo; isn&rsquo;t only used to indicate that something has been happening repeatedly, but it is also used to show exasperation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">My car has broken down yet again.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>The speaker is obviously tired of the fact that their car keeps breaking down on them.<\/p>\n<p>However, before we move on, there is one unique fact worth pointing out. Of all the uses of &ldquo;yet&rdquo; as an adverb, only the phrase &ldquo;yet again&rdquo; can be brought to the front of a sentence without having to change the sentence structure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Yet again, my car has broken down.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>If you wanted to do the same thing with &ldquo;yet another,&rdquo; you would have to change the entire sentence structure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Yet another match has been lost by my team.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>To make it work, we had to convert the sentence into the passive structure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Does &ldquo;yet&rdquo; the adverb need a comma<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>As you may have noticed, the answer is predominantly no. &ldquo;Yet&rdquo; as an adverb fits seamlessly into a sentence, and there is no reason to separate from the rest of the sentence using a comma.<\/p>\n<p>The only exception is &ldquo;yet again,&rdquo; specifically when we decide to bring it at the beginning of a sentence.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, it behaves like any other adverbial phrase that you put at the head of a sentence and needs a comma after it to separate from the main clause.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Yet again, you fail to realize when you&rsquo;re beat.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Otherwise, the only reason to follow &ldquo;yet&rdquo; with a comma is if the sentence structure itself dictates it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">This is the best answer yet, but it is still incomplete.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In this example, the comma following &ldquo;yet&rdquo; is there because it precedes the coordinating conjunction &ldquo;but&rdquo; and separates the two independent clauses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>&rdquo;Yet&rdquo; as a conjunction<\/h3>\n<p>There are several types of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/conjunctions\/\" title=\"conjunctions\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">conjunctions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet&rdquo; falls into the category of coordinating conjunction, making it one of the &ldquo;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/comma-usage-fanboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FANBOYS<\/a><\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If you don&rsquo;t know what the &ldquo;FANBOYS&rdquo; are, these are the seven main <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/coordinating-conjunctions\/\" title=\"coordinating conjunctions\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">coordinating conjunctions<\/a>, which are &ldquo;for,&rdquo; &ldquo;and,&rdquo; &ldquo;nor,&rdquo; &ldquo;but,&rdquo; &ldquo;or,&rdquo; &ldquo;yet,&rdquo; and &ldquo;so.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The word &ldquo;FANBOYS&rdquo; is nothing more than a clever mnemonic device used to remember these conjunctions.<\/p>\n<p>So, what can &ldquo;yet&rdquo; tie together?<\/p>\n<p>Well, several things really. &ldquo;Yet&rdquo; is used to show contrast, so as long the two things being tied together differ in some significant way, you can probably use &ldquo;yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It can tie two adjectives together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Sarah is smart yet lazy.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Here, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; plays the same exact role played by &ldquo;but,&rdquo; making them interchangeable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He was so near yet so far.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Even though &ldquo;yet&rdquo; here also plays the role of showing contrast, you can&rsquo;t really replace it with &ldquo;but&rdquo; because it would just sound <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/weird-english-words\/\">weird<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So near yet so far&rdquo; is a well-known expression, and it would grate against the listener&rsquo;s ears if you were to use &ldquo;so near but so far&rdquo; instead.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yet&rdquo; can also tie two phrases together.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">They were running quickly yet failing to catch up.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In this example, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; ties two<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/linguaholic.com\/linguablog\/participial-phrases-101\/\">participial phrases<\/a><\/strong> together.<\/p>\n<p>You can even use &ldquo;yet&rdquo; to tie two verbs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He woke up on time yet missed the bus.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>And, of course, you can use it to tie two independent clauses together.<br>\n<i><br>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Martha worked for a large corporation for the majority of her career, yet she only found happiness when she started her own business.<\/div><\/div>\n<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In this example, you have two complete sentences, each of which can stand on its own. Yet, you can always create a compound sentence with the help of &ldquo;yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; can come at the beginning of a sentence. Although it may not tie two independent clauses in this last case, it still shows the relationship between the preceding sentence and the succeeding one.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">He trained for several years. Yet, he was outmatched by the competition.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><b>Does &ldquo;yet&rdquo; the conjunction need a comma?<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>In all the above use cases, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; needs a comma in only two cases. The first one is when it is tethering two independent clauses together. In this scenario, the comma comes before &ldquo;yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">The book seemed so thick, yet when I read it, I realized that it was filled with fluff.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>And, the other case is when it comes at the beginning of a sentence, in which case the comma comes after &ldquo;yet.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Michael ran track and field when he was in high school. Yet, he grew up to be an unathletic individual.<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Other than those two cases, &ldquo;yet&rdquo; doesn&rsquo;t need a comma.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">Your methodology was correct yet your assumptions were wrong.<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-note\" style=\"border-color:#e5e54c;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#FFFF66;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">The fox seemed innocent yet turned out to be quite cunning.<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many writers, especially those still starting out, the rules governing grammar and punctuation may seem esoteric and strange. 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