Comments on: Introducing the Comma http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: B.D. Prince http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-183556 B.D. Prince Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:46:21 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/#comment-183556 Sorry about the > showing up in the middle of Rachel's quote. In the comment box it showed on separate lines. Sorry about the > showing up in the middle of Rachel’s quote. In the comment box it showed on separate lines.

]]> By: B.D. Prince http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-183554 B.D. Prince Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:45:07 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/#comment-183554 To Rachel's comment: >Justin likes to play video games, go to the movies, play touch >football with his friends and put together model airplanes. Is there >supposed to be a comma after the word “friends?” For this example you DO need a comma after friends, otherwise it looks like Justin and his friends are playing football while putting together model airplanes. (No wonder Justing can't catch!) Another example would be: "Justin likes to eat pizza, hamburgers, chili and ice cream." Yuck! Chili and ice cream? Without the comma, chili and ice cream are not seen as separate items. To make the sentence clearer it should read: "Justin likes to eat pizza, hamburgers, chili, and ice cream." This way Justin can enjoy chili and ice cream, but not necessarily in the same bowl. Hope that helps! To Rachel’s comment:

>Justin likes to play video games, go to the movies, play touch >football with his friends and put together model airplanes. Is there >supposed to be a comma after the word “friends?”

For this example you DO need a comma after friends, otherwise it looks like Justin and his friends are playing football while putting together model airplanes. (No wonder Justing can’t catch!)

Another example would be:

“Justin likes to eat pizza, hamburgers, chili and ice cream.”

Yuck! Chili and ice cream? Without the comma, chili and ice cream are not seen as separate items. To make the sentence clearer it should read:

“Justin likes to eat pizza, hamburgers, chili, and ice cream.”

This way Justin can enjoy chili and ice cream, but not necessarily in the same bowl.

Hope that helps!

]]> By: Candice http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-180234 Candice Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:10:18 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/#comment-180234 Hmmm... About the last point, for this sentence, wouldn't a comma be correct? "Frowning, he stepped forward quickly." Hmmm… About the last point, for this sentence, wouldn’t a comma be correct?

“Frowning, he stepped forward quickly.”

]]> By: kathy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-171397 kathy Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:17:24 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/#comment-171397 I'm trying to find what the rule is on using a comma after the word NOW at the beginning of a sentence. Is it always used, or only sometimes. I'm a transcriptionist and I get yelled at every day for my comma usage. Most sites I've read said there is no comma law, or anything written that is hard and fast as to the use of commas. I am curious about the Now, comma though. Thanks. I’m trying to find what the rule is on using a comma after the word NOW at the beginning of a sentence. Is it always used, or only sometimes. I’m a transcriptionist and I get yelled at every day for my comma usage. Most sites I’ve read said there is no comma law, or anything written that is hard and fast as to the use of commas. I am curious about the Now, comma though. Thanks.

]]> By: Rachel Kuhr http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/comment-page-1/#comment-73356 Rachel Kuhr Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:28:24 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/introducing-the-comma/#comment-73356 I am having a disagreement with a collaborator about commas in sentences containing lists. Do you need a comma after the next to last phrase or item in the list, before "and," or do you leave it out? An example is: Justin likes to play video games, go to the movies, play touch football with his friends and put together model airplanes. Is there supposed to be a comma after the word "friends?" I am having a disagreement with a collaborator about commas in sentences containing lists. Do you need a comma after the next to last phrase or item in the list, before “and,” or do you leave it out? An example is: Justin likes to play video games, go to the movies, play touch football with his friends and put together model airplanes. Is there supposed to be a comma after the word “friends?”

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