THE COMMA
The comma is the most abused punctuation
mark. Writers are sometimes so worried about following rules that
they forget to pay attention to the way the words sound when spoken.
Commas help a reader understand the rhythm of the sentence. If you
are having comma problems, try saying your sentence out loud, and
listening for natural pauses. The function of a comma is to slow the
reader down briefly and make the reader pause. The omission of a comma
can cause phrases and clauses to crash into one another,
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