To use a comma or not to use a comma, that is the question.
Are you firing off a round of emails to important business contacts and aren’t quite sure whether you are missing a comma, or whether you have included one where you shouldn’t have?
There is nothing more unfortunate than a misplaced comma when it matters most.
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Are you wondering whether to put a comma after “during this time”?
Or are you scratching your head about why some people put a comma after “best regards” and others don’t?
Whatever your comma-rules-related question, search it on our site and let us help you!
Placing a comma where it shouldn’t be, or forgetting to put it where it is supposed to be could lead to miscommunication.
In writing, knowing when and where to place commas precisely is not only an excellent and crucial skill to have – it makes communication a lot more efficient.
Don’t worry, though. Linguaholic is here to help!
On this page, you will find our most important comma rules articles, along with the most popular comma articles and the latest posts in this category.
Comma Rules Basics (Start Here!)
Comma Rules: Most Popular Articles
Latest Posts in “Comma Rules” on Linguaholic
- Comma before Brackets — All You Need to Know
- Comma after “basically” — All You Need to Know
- Comma before “both” — Here are the Rules
- Comma before “based on” — All You Need to Know
- Commas with Quotes — All You Need to Know
- Comma before “via” — All You Need to Know
- Comma before “yesterday” — All You Need to Know
- Comma after a City and a State — Punctuation Rules
- Comma Before “through” — Punctuation Guide
- Comma after an Exclamation Point (Exclamation Mark) — Rules
- Comma after “eventually” — Here’s What You Need to Know
- Comma after “During this time” — Punctuation Guide
- Comma after “by the way” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after “besides” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after “beforehand” — Punctuation Rules
- Comma Before a “Time Zone” — Punctuation Guide
- Comma before “whenever” — Rules & Grammar
- Comma before “which” in the UK (British English) — Rules
- Comma Before a Vocative — Punctuation Rules
- Comma Before a Verb — Punctuation Tactics
- Comma before “without” — Punctuation Guidelines
- Comma after “best regards” ― All You Need to Know
- Comma after “especially” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma Before “considering”: Your Go-to Manual
- Comma before “indeed” ― Your One-stop Guide
- Comma after “Hey” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after “Hello” — Rules & Plenty of Examples
- Comma Usage with the Phrase “no thanks” — Explained
- Comma after a Period — The Complete Guide
- Comma Usage with the Phrase “not one but two” — The Answer
- Comma before or after “not to mention” — The Complete Guide
- Comma after “last but not least” — The Definitive Guide
- Comma Cheat Sheet — All The Rules in a Compact Format
- Comma after “Welcome” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after “sorry” — The Complete Guide
- Comma before “whom” — The Complete Guide
- Comma before or after “in addition”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “whose”— The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “according to” — The Complete Guide
- Comma after “usually” — A Comprehensive Guide
- “This in turn” — Comma Usage Rules Explained in Great Detail
- Comma before or after “per se” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma Usage with Fanboys — The Complete Guide
- Comma after “ultimately”: A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma after “next” — The Complete Guide
- Comma after “occasionally” — The Definitive Guide
- Comma after a Quotation — A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma after “furthermore” — A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma before “like” — A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma before “which” — A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma before “due to”: The Complete Guide
- Comma after “luckily”: A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma before “such as”: The Ultimate Guide
- Comma before or after Parenthesis — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after “please” — A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma after “perhaps”: The Ultimate Guide
- Comma before “LLC”: A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma after ‘then’: The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after “finally” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after Salutations like Hi, Hello or Dear — Answered!
- Comma after “typically”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “as well as”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “of course”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “and” in a List — The Definitive Guide
- Comma before a Country Name — A Comprehensive Guide
- Comma before “etc.” — The Ultimate Guide
- Comma after Congratulations: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “by”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “therefore”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “for example”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “if” ― All There is to Know!
- Comma before “for example” — The Complete Guide
- “High Comma” — Here’s What It Really Means!
- Comma before “than” — All You Need to Know
- Comma before “that” — The Only Guide You’ll Ever Need!
- Comma Before A Subordinate Clause — The Complete Guide
- Comma after “suddenly” – All You Need to Know (And More)
- Comma after “overall”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “yesterday”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “hence”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “please” – The Complete Guide
- Comma after “after all”: The Complete Guide
- Comma before “after all”: The Complete Guide
- Comma after “hence”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before an Ampersand (&): The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “rarely”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “really”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma Before “resulting in”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “especially” — All The Rules & Examples
- Comma after “Happy Birthday”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma Before a “Relative Clause”: The Definitive Guide
- Commas Before Relative Pronouns: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “respectively”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “in fact”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “often”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “apparently”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “provided”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “obviously”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “per se”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “no matter”: The Definitive Guide
- Commas in Adresses (Street, City, State, etc.): Master Guide
- Comma before “nor”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after Names (Direct Address): Ultimate Guide
- Comma before or after “or”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma Before “not”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “First”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after Book Titles: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “e.g.“: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “meanwhile”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma Before With: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after Abbreviations: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “however”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “although”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “and”: The Definitive Guide
- Coma Vs. Comma: Here’s How to Tell Them Apart
- Comma before or after “despite: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “so”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “in particular”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “unfortunately”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “thank you”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “albeit”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “too”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “currently”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “also”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “nonetheless”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “whereas”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “now”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “except”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “thus”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “and”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before or after “instead”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “thereby”: The Definitive Guide
- The 6 Most Common Comma Mistakes and How To Fix Them
- Comma after “yes”: Rules & Examples
- Unnecessary Commas: Here’s When NO Comma is Needed
- Comma before a Gerund: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “recently”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “hopefully”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma after “oh”: Here’s When You (Don’t) Need One
- Comma before or after “either”
- Comma before or after “yet”: Rules & Examples
- Comma after “Today”: Rules, Tips & Examples
- Comma after “sometimes”: The Definitive Guide
- “Most if not all”: Does This Expression Need Commas?
- Comma before “who”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma before “including”: Here’s What You Need To Know
- Comma Before “since”: Rules & Examples
- Comma before “where”: Rules and Examples
- Comma before “until”: The Complete Guide
- Comma before “though”: Rules, Tips & Example Sentences
- Comma before “anyway”: Here’s What You Need to Know
- Comma Before “Unless”: Rules, Usage & Examples
- Comma Before “Along (with)”: Rules & Examples
- Comma Before “Then”: Rules & Examples
- Comma Before “Even”: The Definitive Guide
- Comma Before “Rather”: The Definite Guide (Rules & Examples)
- Comma Before or After “Regardless”: Rules & Tips
