Commas Academic Skills Kit

Serial Commas A serial comma simply means that a comma will separate each element in a series of three or more, even before the coordinating conjunctions and

Commas represent a short pause and are used to divide parts of a sentence Learn how to use a comma in a sentence with these examples and

commas Like commas and parentheses, em dashes set off extra information, such as examples, explanatory or descriptive phrases, or supplemental facts Like a colon

commas inverted commas Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends They are usually written