1. Commas The Basics Purpose of the Comma How to be Comma Cool
Crazy or Lazy
NOTICE
Comma Cool
Common Cool Comma Rules

2. Purpose of the Comma What's the purpose of a comma?
Most simply, a comma is meant to separate things.
These things would be words, phrases, and clauses.

3. How to be COMMA COOL - know the rules!
Let’s discuss what makes commas cool and some the rules that will make your writing even cooler when you use them correctly. 


4. Crazy or Lazy?
Writers have a tendency to overuse commas (otherwise known as being comma crazy)
She was happy, to be there, on time, and she was even, more pleased to have, remembered the gift. OR
Use commas too little (otherwise known as being comma lazy).
She was happy to be there on time and she was even more pleased to have remembered the gift.

5. NOTICE
How the overuse of commas interferes with the meaning of the sentence?
AND
How the underuse of the comma interferes with the readability of the sentence?
Go back and reread again to see how being comma crazy and comma lazy can affect the reading of the writing.

6. Be Comma Cool!
Knowing the four basic rules for commas and practicing them each time you write will allow you to be comma cool - - the goal of every writer!
She was happy to be there on time, and she was even more pleased to have remembered the gift.

7. Common Cool Comma Rules
Commas in a series
Commas in compound sentences (using coordinating conjunctions)
Commas in direct address
Commas in introductory phrases