A fine victory, and a blow dealt to the Forsaken. Vengeance moved with the Gilneas...

[skannerz22]

A fine victory, and a blow dealt to the Forsaken. Vengeance moves with the Gilneas Brigade! x10000000

[Daetur]

There is nothing wrong with "A fine victory, and a blow dealt to the Forsaken."

[skannerz22]

There is nothing wrong with "A fine victory, and a blow dealt to the Forsaken."

"and" does not go after commas

[Deleted]

"and" does not go after commas

Except it does.

These are two independent clauses in a sense, in which case a comma is mandatory.

[Daetur]

"and" does not go after commas

Except for all the times it does, especially when used more loosely to denote spoken delivery and imply pauses.

Grammatically speaking, when a coordinating conjunction is used to connect two independent clauses, a comma is always used. Examples:

I hit my brother with a stick, and he cried.
The rain stopped, and the sun came out again.

To put it more simply, if the two statements in the sentence can be independent sentences, there should be a comma. So, "A fine victory." and "A blow dealt to the Forsaken." can be distinct sentences in their own right, just like "I hit my brother with a stick." and "He cried.", above.

[skannerz22]

Except for all the times it does, especially when used more loosely to denote spoken delivery and imply pauses.

Grammatically speaking, when a coordinating conjunction is used to connect two independent clauses, a comma is always used. Examples:

I hit my brother with a stick, and he cried.
The rain stopped, and the sun came out again.

well then all the fucking teachers at school were morons for marking my work wrong for doing exactly that..^^^

[Nevcairiel]

"and" does not go after commas

This is wrong, there are situations, like this one, where a comma before the and is correct.

Its called a coordinating conjunction connecting two independent subclauses, since the second clause does not depend on the first one.

[Tehterokkar]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

[Sencha]

OP must be fun at parties.

[Daetur]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

That's a different case than this. The serial comma or Oxford comma needs at least three items in the sentence, and doesn't apply here.

[Deleted]

Time to unsub!

[Daetur]

well then all the fucking teachers at school were morons for marking my work wrong for doing exactly that..^^^

I had the same problem with teachers and the Oxford comma.

[Flarelaine]

[Deleted]

"and" does not go after commas

Using the Shatner Comma, any word can go before or after a comma as long as it over-dramatizes the situation, or if you need to stick your belly back into your pants while talking.

A fine, vitory, and, a blow dealt, to the, forsaken.

[Pull My Finger]

well then all the fucking teachers at school were morons for marking my work wrong for doing exactly that..^^^

Teachers being morons isn't an unusual occurrence!

[willtron]

Using the Shatner Comma, any word can go before or after a comma as long as it over-dramatizes the situation, or if you need to stick your belly back into your pants while talking.

A fine, vitory, and, a blow dealt, to the, forsaken.

Pretty much this.

Utilising a comma during speech just indicates a slight pause.