Comma Usage

1.Use commas to separate items in a series.

Example: I want peace on Earth, quality family time, and no
credit card debt for Christmas.
2.  Use commas after introductory words or mild interjections.
Example: Yes, I am unrealistic.
3.  Use commas to set off words of direct address.
Example: Bob, why don’t you help me.
4.  Use commas to set off one or more words that interrupt the
flow of a sentence.
Example: Lebron James, as you can see in this video here,
dominates all his opponents.
5.  Use commas to set off nonessential items: clauses, participial
phrases, appositives.
NOTE: An appositive noun or noun phrase follows another
noun or pronoun to provide additional information that further
identifies or defines it. They are like ‘bonus information’
Example: Barrack Obama, the President of the United States,
might have a 4th of July hot dog eating contest at the White
House.
NOTE: The appositive in the sentence above is ‘the president
of the United States.’
6.  Insert a comma between two independent clauses that are
joined with a coordinating conjunction.
Example: My dog chased three rabbits out of the woods, but
they all got away.
7.  Use commas to separate subordinate clauses at the beginning
of sentences.
Example: Before eating three candy bars, I should have thought
of the consequences.
8. Dates and addresses
Example: December 5, 2020 or 15 Alberta Avenue, Bridgeport