Do me a favor and shut up.

[99bottles]

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I know that memes are rarely written with correct punctuation. I'm just asking: should there be a comma before and since it begins an independent clause?

 

[probus]

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I know that memes are rarely written with correct punctuation. I'm just asking: should there be a comma before and since it begins an independent clause?

Titles, posters, slogans and memes all usually have no punctuation.

 

[jutfrank]

No, there shouldn't.

 

[emsr2d2]

If there were a comma in "Do me a favour and shut up", it would sound/look as if the person were asking/telling you to do two separate things:
1. Do me a favour.
2. Shut up.

That's not the case. They're telling you to shut up - that is the favour.

 

[Tdol]

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I know that memes are rarely written with correct punctuation. I'm just asking: should there be a comma before and since it begins an independent clause?

This one is.

 

[99bottles]

If there were a comma in "Do me a favour and shut up", it would sound/look as if the person were asking/telling you to do two separate things:
1. Do me a favour.
2. Shut up.

That's not the case. They're telling you to shut up - that is the favour.

Your post reminded me of a sentence I have written somewhere in my manuscript: Trust me, and follow me.

Now I'm not sure whether this counts as one or two things. Is a comma needed there? Any help?

 

[emsr2d2]

It looks like two things to me. I wouldn't use a comma though. If you want the person to follow you as evidence that they trust you, say "Trust me - follow me".

 

[99bottles]

It looks like two things to me. I wouldn't use a comma though. If you want the person to follow you as evidence that they trust you, say "Trust me - follow me".

So is Trust me and follow me (without comma) wrong?

 

[jutfrank]

So is Trust me and follow me (without comma) wrong?

No. In fact, there shouldn't be a comma, since, as you say, it's one thing, not two.

 

[Phaedrus]

It's as if the "and" functioned as a colon in these types of favor-oriented imperatives:

Do me a favor: shut up.
Give me a hand: set the table.

 

[Tdol]

So is Trust me and follow me (without comma) wrong?

Nope.