How to fall in love with commas

How to Fall in Love with Commas

 

In our world at Workplace ESL Solutions, it is so important to know that commas save lives!  It's a fact.

Here's an example:

 

Let's eat Grandma!

 

Let's add a comma to save her....

 

Let's eat, Grandma!

 

Commas are our friends, and they are good friends!  They perform many things for us without a complaint.  They don't ask for money and don't have to be fed.  They never criticize or talk back.  They are nonperishable, renewable, totally reliable and are guaranteed to do what they say they can do.  Can anyone or anything else say that?  No other punctuation mark has a greater burden and no other mark has so wide a variety of tasks to perform. 

 

So, let's learn to love commas!

 

Ok, first of all, don't be afraid to use one.  Just don't use one after every 4.3 words.  As your hand is about to type the comma, STOP and think about it.  Is there a rule or are you just in a mood to use a comma?  Some days, you might just be in the mood to use a comma.  That's ok.  We all have those days, but just use them appropriately.  If you have had comma trouble for many years, I can provide you with a comma punch card.  When you have used your allotted commas for the day, you have to stop.   Plain and simple.

 

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