Now, where the grammar people pause and where I pause seem to be in different places.
Here is where the problem starts. How we talk and how we write are different.
I am reminded of this every time I start editing my manuscripts.
To remind myself of the common mistakes when using commas I take some reminder tests like this one. http://englishforeveryone.org/PDFs/Commas%20Practice%20Quiz.pdf
Test like this can help remind me where I should and shouldn't put a comma.
So even though, I love you comma. You can't be in every sentence.
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Tina
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6 comments:
Nothing wrong with loving a comma or two...until my editor gets her hands on it ;)
I love commas also. They like to hang around the introductory phrases I can't stop from sneaking in.
Ah, a kindred spirit! I think the comma needs its own marketing plan to remind the writing public of it's merits!
I heap on commas, as a way to manage my run on sentences. I can then return and figure out which work, and where new sentences are required. Enjoy the hop.
LOL, writers and editors can never seem to agree on commas, can they? I like them, too, and sometimes get carried away.
Oh, yes! (hoping that comma was correct :) ). Hubs and I write so fast the comma might land several words away from where it was supposed to be in the first draft - then we have to find them and figure out where they belong. Always tedious.
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