[Grammar] A comma before 'although?'

[gdvibes]

If two main points are left out, your assignment will still be complete, although full marks cannot be given.

I have placed a comma after 'out' because the sentence begins with 'if.' I don't know whether there should be a comma before 'although.' I think the sentence sounds best with a comma but I don't think there should be one because 'although full marks cannot be given ' is a subordinate clause that comes after the main clause. If it was the other way around - Although full marks cannot be given, your assignment will still be complete - than I would use a comma. Am I correct?

 

[bhaisahab]

Delete the comma after "out". Alternatively, you could write it like this: "Although your assignment will be considered complete if up to two main points are left out, full marks cannot be given."

 

[bubbha]

I would leave the first comma in. "If [condition], [result]": "If I see him, I will give him an apple."

I would also keep the comma before "although".

 

[Tdol]

I too would leave the first comma in. Punctuation is an art, not a science, but I always put one in after the if- clause if it comes at the beginning of a sentence.


It seems a bit debatable that something can be considered complete but not able to get full marks- it sounds more like it could pass with two things missing.