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I used to think of commas as verbal pacing cues as well, but they have more in common with parentheses or semicolons in code. The rule I remember now is "Comma
by tierack 17y ago
I used to think of commas as verbal pacing cues as well, but they have more in common with parentheses or semicolons in code. The rule I remember now is "Commas are for parsing, not rendering."
- timr 17y agoCommas are for both. There are few hard-and-fast rules for comma placement; mostly it's a matter of style. Unlike commas, there are only a few situations where semicolons are correctly used.