Commas and Coordinating Conjunctions (Full Guide with Examples and Sources)

[Meghan Soderholm]

Thank you so much for creating this forum. Commas are a struggle and the examples answered my questions. Also, thank you for the other resources links. I feel more confident in my future reviews.

[Christopher Sublett]

It has been a long time since I have graduated from high school, but the lessons given here are excellent. I feel like I am back in grammar class for writing an essay. I did remember a few things that you pointed out.
The best thing is that I learned something new about the Oxford comma.

Kudos to the training!

[Odichimma Okoye]

Well, I'm glad I was able to learn something useful tonight.

[Alida Spies]

Would it not make sense to change the rules so that they correspond from the perspective of reviewers reviewing authors' books and editors reviewing reviewers' reviews? In other words, editors would not list commas as errors unless it changes the meaning of the sentence. Does the usage of commas really improve the quality of the review?

[Geremew Dubale]

wow! amazing description with examples

[Nancy Kilkenny Barnhart]

I am always using too many commas and this tutorial will really help. Thanks for this information and detail.

[Sasikala gupta]

Thank you I really needed this. Always loosing marks because of comma.

[NJ Emnacen]

Thank you for this post! Your guide is extremely helpful for me (a newbie reviewer). I will keep this in mind when I write book reviews in the future.

[Gerry Steen]

Scott, I will definitely benefit from perusing the resources given. When and when not to use a comma for some reason is still a problem for me to solve. Thank you!

[Marlene Rattigan 2023]

You have omitted to say that there is a difference between the rules of British English as opposed to American English. In the latter, for example, you always put a comma before conjunctions whereas in the former you don't. Your examples have been very good and very clear but you haven't explained why certain things are 'allowed' in writing. It is all to do with whether you are using a British style manual or American and where you plan on publishing your work. So, it's not about whether something is correct or not but rather which style you are using. I hope that helps and doesn't confuse!

[Brittany Whitlock 1]

Awesome! Thanks! I’m usually pretty good with grammar but sometimes have trouble with comma placement, especially when there can be more than one correct way of using them in a sentence.

[Amanda Meira]

Thanks you, grammar review it is always good and need.

[Rakesh+12345]

Wow!
Thank you so much for this insightful post.