Commas are little punctuation marks, right? They’re just like traffic signal telling the reader when to stop and go while reading. Too many comma will cause the reader’s brain to stall out on each intersection, he has to stop and start his internal engine again. Not enough commas mean he runs into a brick wall […]

Why Do We Use the Serial Comma? This brings us back to the example of the dinner invite. When I say “My friends, Mom and Dad”, it suggests that the writer is serving their parents as appetizers. If we add a comma between “friends” and “and”, it indicate that they’re two separate people. In other […]

It’s called the Oxford comma, and it makes editors anxious: it’s the comma placed before the last item in a list with three or more thing. It clears up ambiguity in sentences that would otherwise be confusing. It is like whether you invited your parents over for dinner or a stripper. (Usually not so literal.) […]

In addition, you might have also realized that certain paragraphs is short and brief, whereas other ones are longer and more complex. Writing rhythm isn’t something that only occurs in music. Think about space between the stops. The full stop or period are like a brake. How frequently you use this can be difference between […]