Commas 101: The Basics

commas  Use a pair of commas in the middle of a sentence to set off transition words and phrases as well as clauses that are not essential to the meaning of the Commas Saigon · May be an image of 4 people, speaker, lighting, crowd and text that · May be an image of lighting · May be an image of 2 people, champagne and

Properly used commas are important because they help the reader; without them, a reader would often have to backtrack and reread a sentence to find the writer's Excessive commas cause information to become choppy and disconnected, confusing the reader Avoid making these mistakes by learning the rules of comma usage

Use commas to set off non-restrictive modifiers Do not use commas to set off restrictive modifiers Non-restrictive vs restrictive modifiers A Summary of Commas · Use a listing comma in a list where and or or would be possible instead · Use a joining comma before and, or, but, yet or while followed by