How to use the elusive comma
The comma has the most uses of any single punctuation mark making it one of the hardest for people to use properly.
The Basics:
- They join sentences and ideas.
- I am going on vacation for the summer, and I hope it doesn’t end up like last year.
- If you are happy person, life seems much better.
- However, it is best to just do it.
- They aid reading and offset less important information.
- Members, welcome! — If this does not have the comma then literally it is a command to the members to welcome.
- However, no matter what your excuse is, it doesn’t change the fact that you were late.
- They separate adjectives and list items.
- I was attacked by a big, angry dog.
- Tom, Fredrick, Negussie and Andy play football every day.
- I am going to the grocer, butcher and florist.
- They format numbers, dates, titles, and places.
- 39,552,923
- I was born on August, 22 1967 in Columbus, Ohio.
- James Pratt, M.D., won the Nobel prize in medicine.