Use commas to indicate where readers should pause for breath in a sentence. Use your common sense and follow these tips on when – and how – to use them.
Let's eat, Grandma!
Let's eat Grandma!
Enough said.
Use between qualifying adjectives (ones that describe the qualities of a person or thing):
<aside> ✅ Beryl is a large, friendly, greedy llama with long, yellowing teeth.
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Don't use between classifying adjectives (ones that place people and things into categories or classes):
<aside> ✅ Beryl is a 14-year-old South American llama.
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Don't use a comma between a mix of these two adjectives:
<aside> ✅ Beryl is a large South American llama with yellowing 14-year-old teeth.
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With words like "however", "though", "on the contrary", "nevertheless", "on the other hand", "conversely", "likewise", "similarly", "of course", "in addition".
Use a comma straight afterwards if they start a sentence:
<aside> ✅ Of course, I could have just one more sandwich.
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