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Comma Rules
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The poor overused comma is a frequently misunderstood punctuation mark. This week’s website picks explain comma usage in as few as five rules, or as many as thirty.
Grammar Book: Commas
“Rule 2. Use a comma to separate two adjectives when the adjectives are interchangeable.” This is why we don’t use a comma for “delicious Chinese food” (these are known as cumulative adjectives) but use the comma for coordinate adjectives such as “heavy, bulky furniture.” Jane Straus’s guide to commas gives us sixteen rules, followed by a quiz that sells for 99 cents. A print edition of The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is also available for purchase.
Grammarly Handbook: Comma
“A little dot with a tail; how could such a thing be relevant to a language? It could, for goodness’ sake, be mistaken for a smudge on the page. Yet, people get so fired up about comma use that it appears to be a matter of life or death.” Starting with a definition (“A comma is a soft stop.”), Grammarly presents over thirty comma rules to guide your writing, including a discussion of the Oxford comma and the comma splice.
The Guide to Grammar and Writing: Commas
Professor Charles Darling’s comprehensive guide to commas includes eleven rules, the last of which is Use Commas With Caution. “As you can see, there are many reasons for using commas, and we haven’t listed them all. Yet the biggest problem that most students have with commas is their overuse. Some essays look as though the student loaded a shotgun with commas and blasted away. Remember, too, that a pause in reading is not always a reliable reason to use a comma. Try not to use a comma unless you can apply a specific rule from this page to do so.”
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Comma Rules Printable
Comma Rules Wikipedia Printable
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Punctuation Printable
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“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” ~~ Charles Dickens ~~ (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) English novelist of the Victorian era. Read more at: http://www.lightafire.com/quotations/authors/charles-dickens/
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