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No matter how many commas there are in a transcript nor how many different ways they are used, there are, in fact, only two basic ways that we use commas: commas to separate or commas to set off. W...

Thoughts and prayers going out to all of you on the East Coast. When last we talked about this, we agreed that we would not like a single separating comma in these sentences. ...I expect that, he...

In my September newsletter, I posted this discussion. The October issue will be out in a few days, and I will go on to explain the punctuation. So before I do that, here is the original discussion:...

Some people are confused about what to do with two or more adjectives that come in front of a noun. Most often, nothing is required. Sometimes a hyphen is required. Sometimes a comma is required be...

This is one beautiful place. I am looking forward to seeing the WA reporters on Saturday for a second time this year! After "yes" and "no," we need to use a comma when the words after the "yes" or...

I think some of us have gotten the wrong idea about this concept of "two or none." There are many, many places where one single separating is perfectly correct. ...If you call tomorrow, I will be...

...Remember that she has an appointment. ...Remember she has an appointment. We can always leave out the word that when it begins a clause and doesn't really do anything in the clause. In neither ...

So we are working on the idea that many times an element needs commas around it in the sentence but that this does not necessarily mean that element is "nonessential" or "isn't necessary to the mea...

So comma rules fall into these two categories: Every time you use a comma, you are either separating two elements that should not bump up against each other, or you are using a pair of commas to su...