Comma Placement

[Grammargeek]

1 or 2 below for correct comma placement? I say 2.

1. I've approved the case back to you and, yes, I have informed the police.

2. I've approved the case back to you, and yes, I have informed the police.

Thanks a bundle!

[W]

What about this, "I've approved the case back to you, and, yes, I have informed the police" ?

Just personal opinion. Hope you could get a more professional answer.

[Beeesneees]

It depends on where you want the pauses and the emphasis in what you're saying.

I'm not keen on 'I've approved the case back to you,' though. It doesn't make much sense to me.
Possibly, 'I've returned the case to you for approval.'
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[E2e4]

My choice

I've approved the case back to you and, yes, I have informed the police.
Just because I consider using a comma before conjunctions redundant.

[Beeesneees]

You need to reconsider. Sometimes they are redundant. Other times there is a very good case for them.
You are being unnecessarily prescriptive in your approach.
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[W]

"I've approved the case back to you..." does not make much sense to me either.

My punctuation rules regarding commas are: use a comma before a coordinating word (and, but, for...) that joins two independent clauses. And use a comma to separate introductory words from the rest of a sentence.

In this case, "I've returned the case to you for approval" (I perfer the one Beeesneees suggests) is one independent clause, and "I have informed the police" is another. So there should be a comma to separate them. Also, "Yes" acts like a introductory word, so there should be a comma after both "and" and "yes".

So the whole sentence should be: "I've returned the case to you for approval, and, yes, I've informed the police." (notice it's "'ve" instead of "have", because I think it's better to make it parallel to another one)

Just personal opinion.