Thursday, January 16, 2014

Ben Yagoda on the Comma

An interesting article that I'd like to discuss.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/the-most-comma-mistakes/

Comma Rules

So, there are lots of versions of comma rules.

 I've put together ten for us to use. It's over there >>> in the sidebar. You're welcome.

 Otherwise, you might check out the following:

The Wikipedia Article on the Comma:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma

The NASA writing handbook:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19900017394_1990017394.pdf

The Purdue Online Writing Lab Guidelines:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/02/

The Penguin Writer's Guide:
http://books.google.com/books?id=mUIscdgKu7QC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

The Write.com Resources:
http://www.write.com/writing-resources-articles/general-writing/punctuation/mastering-the-art-of-comma-usage/

There are many, many more!  Go look!