1.Use commas before and | but | or | nor | yet | for | so (when they join the clauses of a compound sentence). 2.Use commas between items of a series. 3.Use a comma between coordinate adjectives preceding a noun. 4.Use a comma after most introductory modifiers (adjectives or adverbs). 5.Use a comma between words that might be mistakenly read together. 6.Use a comma to separate dependent (subordinate) and