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So it must be. Before the revolution can reach its necessary and correct scientific conclusion, we must first have the dictionaryship of the proletariat.
I can hardly wait for the convening of the first Commantern.
There are some sentences in the link below that could benefit from some punctuation, and some rearranging, as well. I thought of this thread when I saw it.
That's some pretty funny stuff guys. Getting back on topic, I typically err on the side of more commas. Sentences without commas can often come across as one long stream of consciousness, and without some sort of punctuation mark to separate ideas, can sometimes become quite challenging to read. My English teachers never complained, and a couple of them pulled me aside to tell me that my writing style was "refreshing." When I proofread the work of others, I often find myself adding commas all over the place.
I think you can also adjust the tone using/omitting commas. I don't really know how to describe it but this sentence reads differently without the comma.
I have come to the conclusion that commas are a matter of personal opinion. I'm told that nowadays they aren't used as much, but I see the misuse of commas in every book I read. Waaaaaaaaaay back when I was a freshman at WVU, my English Instructor gave an automatic 'F' for a misplaced comma. I guess he was saying that it's better to leave one out than to use one that doesn't need to be there.
I had a professor my freshman year of college that was big on misused commas. It was really easy to get an F on a paper if you used a couple too many.
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Oh come on, my face hurts!!!
