Which comes first, the comma or the pause?

Now that you can no longer depend on the pause to make decisions for comma placement, more practice will help you build the skill that you need.

EDITING VS. COMPOSING

The best time to work on commas is when you are editing, not while you are composing.

If you stop to make comma decisions as you draft your ideas, you will lose your train of thought. In fact, the time to make any writing decision is when you are editing, not while you are creating.

Writing is a process. If you respect the process by separating composing activities from editing activities, you will make dramatic progress. If you don't, you will quickly get a headache!

Now go build your skills by getting some extra practice with the worksheets here by clicking on the tabs at the left.