After reading The Elements of Style. I started thinking about what it was that I learned about comma's in my younger years. If I remember correctly, commas were used as a breathe if you were speaking or reading something out loud. Every time you took a breathe, that was where the comma was supposed to be inserted. Long sentences or two sentences were always broken up with a comma. I have always thought that the use of a comma was discretionary however , Its use does follow a set of standard rules. I decided on commas because its use is wide spread and sometimes questionable. Its parenthetical use with one expression or another accoding the "rules" of usage have bothered me while writing for a long time. I have always thought that I used commas correctly, but after reading The Elements of Style, I now wonder if I have used them correctly. I have had students in classes that would essays and never use a comma at all. I have also had students that would insert commas every three or four words. Exploring the rule surrounding the proper use of Commas should be interesting, educational, and fun.

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