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The little symbol -- , -- in sentences usually means yield or pause. I am referring to the punctuation mark, the comma, when I say "yield" or "pause." About a million rules apply to commas, but there is one basic rule (several points to it, however) that can lead you to learn all the rest. Well, maybe a "million rules" is over exaggerating, but it seems that way, doesn’t it? I bet many of you have problems with where to place a comma. Correct?
Here's a list of related topics to get the basics of comma usage:
1. Know that there are only seven coordinating conjunctions: A mnemonic to remember these conjunctions is FAN BOYS, which stands for the following: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. So what does coordinating conjunctions have to do with comma usage?
2. Coordinating conjunctions separate two or more independent clauses (an independent clause is a fancy name for a complete sentence). For example, Mary was a teacher, and...
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