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I'm pretty sure the rule is not to put a comma after a conjunction, but sometimes it just seems like that prepositional phrase needs to be comma'd off. Is it just plain wrong to put the comma right after the conjunction?

Ex: I went to the store to buy eggs and milk and, though I shouldn't, I bought a candy bar too.

Lisa
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    That looks perfectly fine to me: the commas act like parentheses in this case. I'll leave it for someone with more formal knowledge to explain why (or contradict me). – Max Williams Aug 08 '16 at 13:39
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    Your example actually involves a subordinate clause and not a prepositional phrase, but the principle is the same. Here is an example with a prepositional phrase: "She found a complete edition of Shaw's plays and prefaces, and, in a back room, [her brother found] a first edition of Three Plays for Puritans." (Bracketed words are supplied to illustrate the option of having complete clauses before and after the and.) Inserting the optional comma before the and seems to me desirable in such a case. – Brian Donovan Aug 08 '16 at 14:22

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