Comma Comma Comma Comma Comma Chameleon...You Come And Go...You Come And Go...
"Commas, if you don't whistle at them to calm down, are unstoppably enthusiastic at this job" (Truss 79).
I generally encounter two problems in my writing:
1.) I write a sentence with too many commas in it.
2.) I write a lengthy sentence with no commas in it whatsoever.
It is getting to the point now where I like to write commas after the word "and" in inappropriate situations. For example: I like coffee and, I like ice cream. To me there is just a natural pause there, but grammatically, I guess "and" is what indicates the pause.
I found a solution to my problem; I discovered the semicolon (how strange that this sentence ended up using one), which I will expand upon in my next entry.
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Katie Vann on Comma Comma Comma Comma Comma Chameleon...You Come And Go...You Come And Go...: I know what you mean Lauren ab
I know what you mean Lauren about those long sentences with no commas in at all or those short ones with commas everywhere. Sometimes when I write a longer sentence, I can't find a place where I believe a natural pause would occur. But then, when I read over it a few times more, I realize there may be places where I may not think a natural pause occurs, but a comma is needed to make the sentence grammatically correct.
To me there is just a natural pause there, but grammatically, I guess "and" is what indicates the pause.
you only need one comma in that sentence. either after but or after grammatically. you don't need one after there.