Comma Overused

Explanation I use in comments on student papers:

You tend to overuse the comma.  Try to reserve the comma for separating independent clauses in a compound sentence (comma before the conjunction), for introductory phrases, or for items in a series.  You  might want to review the rules for commas.  Here’s a nice online writing guide: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/index.html

 


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