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January 13, 2010

The Use of Commas Cannot Be Learned by Rule

January 13, 2010/ JW

The use of commas cannot be learned by rule. Not only does conventional practice vary from period to period, but good writers of the same period differ among themselves. . . . The correct use of the comma—if there is such a thing as “correct” use—can only be acquired by common sense, observation and taste.

SIR ERNEST GOWERS

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