Separate Coordinate Adjectives [14 Steps to Using COMMAS (page 2)]

14 Steps to Using COMMAS (page 2)

Comma Usage Rule 2/14

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Use #2: Separate Coordinate Adjectives

COMMAS OVERVIEWCommas are incredibly important for many reasons. At the most basic level, commas make reading more digestible, giving space and rhythm between ideas within a complete sentence (see my comma use in this sentence alone.) Commas break up thoughts and separate dependent clauses from independent clauses. They introduce information, set apart appositives, distinguish list items from each other, and many other things. Plus, commas clarify if ideas are meant to be combined or separated. Just read the controversy on commas and the Second Amendment to see how some would argue that the comma gave Americans the right to own guns!

Separate Items in a List [14 Steps to Using COMMAS (page 1)]

14 Steps to Using COMMAS (page 1)

Comma Usage Rule 1/14

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Use #1: Separate Items in a List

COMMAS OVERVIEWCommas are incredibly important for many reasons. At the most basic level, commas make reading more digestible, giving space and rhythm between ideas within a complete sentence (see my comma use in this sentence alone.) Commas break up thoughts and separate dependent clauses from independent clauses. They introduce information, set apart appositives, distinguish list items from each other, and many other things. Plus, commas clarify if ideas are meant to be combined or separated. Just read the controversy on commas and the Second Amendment to see how some would argue that the comma gave Americans the right to own guns!

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