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Help - where should I put my comma(s)?!

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BecauseImWorthIt · 29/07/2011 10:09

This is the sentence, without any commas:

"We have not reviewed this in full (and indeed the ISO 20252 standard has to be paid for) but there are a couple of issues that have to be raised here:"

And this is what I have written:

"We have not reviewed this in full, (and indeed, the ISO 20252 standard has to be paid for,) but there are a couple of issues that have to be raised here:"

I seem to have completely lost the plot and can't work out if this is correct!

Help!

TIA

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Funk · 09/08/2011 15:03

Midnightexpress: it's wrong, it's messy and anyone can write a book. You are the weakest link - goodbye!

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midnightexpress · 09/08/2011 16:49

And you're very rude funk.

I'll leave you to it, since you're so very sure of your own genius. Hmm

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Funk · 09/08/2011 17:08

Midnight: I never claimed to be a genius (sorry if my dry sense of humour upset you, I didn't mean to be rude!)

Please tell us how many copies of your book have sold and the title. I'm very interested. Thank you.

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VictorianIce · 10/08/2011 16:50

The Oxford comma is when the 'and' comes after a comma - 'Red, white, and blue.' I can't think of any instance where a comma would go after an 'and'.

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