Very helpful, thanks Toby (See? I did it straight away!) - And the auto correct in Word? That makes us put commas all over the page, doesn't it? I'm forever seeing myself put in and take out commas, dashes, brackets and dot dot dot ... ugh.
I use commas a bit. And full stops. I ain't so keen on connective words, and I like to indicate a reader to read my work how I intend it read. I use them to give my work a rhythm n'all.
I sometimes get told I ought to use semicolon instead of comma, but the way I write, I'd have untold semicolons everywhere and it looks wrong. People say a comma ain't strong enough to hold apart separate clauses, but my commas are stronger than other people's commas. My commas are well hard. My commas can kick the shit out of anyone else's commas. My commas could batter a semicolon!
Very helpful, thanks Toby (See? I did it straight away!) - And the auto correct in Word? That makes us put commas all over the page, doesn't it? I'm forever seeing myself put in and take out commas, dashes, brackets and dot dot dot ... ugh.
What a lovely read that was, and what an elegant little friend the comma can be...
I use commas a bit. And full stops. I ain't so keen on connective words, and I like to indicate a reader to read my work how I intend it read. I use them to give my work a rhythm n'all.
I sometimes get told I ought to use semicolon instead of comma, but the way I write, I'd have untold semicolons everywhere and it looks wrong. People say a comma ain't strong enough to hold apart separate clauses, but my commas are stronger than other people's commas. My commas are well hard. My commas can kick the shit out of anyone else's commas. My commas could batter a semicolon!
Thank you for this, Toby. I didn’t realise how liberally I use commas for breaths until I got the copy-editor’s notes on my manuscript.