Understanding Commas: Uses and Rules for Effective Writing

A comma (",") is a punctuation mark used to separate items in a list or to indicate a pause in the flow of a sentence. It is also used to separate two independent clauses that are joined by a conjunction. For example: "I went to the store, and I bought some milk." In this example, the comma separates the two independent clauses "went to the store" and "bought some milk".

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