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When do you use commas?

Updated: 4/25/2024
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13y ago

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Use commas - sparingly - to indicate natural pauses or "changes in direction," to separate items in a list, and to avoid confusion. Compare "my sister Kate is here" to "my sister, Kate, is here." In the first case, the absence of a comma indicates that I have more than one sister, and its presence in the second case indicates that Kate is my only sister.

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Use commas to separate items in a list, to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence, after introductory phrases or clauses, to set off non-essential information, and to separate items in addresses and dates.

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