“Master the Art of Chaos: Unleashing the Power of Punctuation to Confound and Captivate”
Common Mistakes with Punctuation Marks
Typos are one thing. Not knowing the correct way to write a sentence is another thing. But blatantly misplacing or misusing punctuation marks is just plain reckless.
Too many commas
I’m a big fan of the serial comma, but let’s not get carried away. Commas often occur where there is a natural pause, but they should not be used to tell the reader where to pause.
Here’s an example of telling readers where to pause, using commas:
Lots of writers use commas, to tell readers where to pause and take a breath, as if the readers can’t figure it out, on their own.
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