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Mastering Punctuation Rules: Avoid Unnecessary Commas

Learn the correct usage of commas to improve your writing skills. This guide will help you understand when to skip unnecessary commas in your sentences. Ensure proper punctuation in your writing effortlessly.

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Mastering Punctuation Rules: Avoid Unnecessary Commas

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  1. Unnecessary Commas • By: • Caitlin G.

  2. Never put a comma • Between compound elements • After short introductory word groups • Between a subject and verb • Between a verb and an object or complement • Between a modifier and the word it modifies, or after a possessive noun or pronoun • Between a cumulative adjectives • Between a preposition and object • After a conjunction • Before subordinate clauses and restrictive elements • Before or after a series • Before indirect statements or quotations • Before certain quotations

  3. Make sure to put a comma • Between items in a series • Between two sentences • To attach words to the front or back of your sentence • On both sides of a nonessential component • Before a conjunction • To separate an independent clause from a dependent

  4. Resources • Odell, Lee Richard Vacca, and Renee Hobbs eds. “Chapter 22.” Elements of Language. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2005. 643-62. Print • Driscoll, Dana, and Allen Brizee. "Purdue OWL: Commas." Welcome to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). Owl Purdue, 20 July 2010. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/>. Web • LaGory, Michael. "Unnecessary Commas." The KeableGuide. Iolani School. Web. 21 Oct. 2010. <http://www.iolani.honolulu.hi.us/Keables/KeablesGuide/PartFour/UnnecessaryCommas.htm>. Web

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