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	Commas are the most used and misused punctuation for beginning college writers. Generally, the comma is used to signal and pause. Commas help to make a sentence’s meaning clearer, but if used carelessly, can cloud the meaning entirely. The most important rule to follow for using a comma is: use a comma only when you are sure you need it. More specifically, if you follow these ~~six~~ rules, you will use commas correctly.		Commas are the most used and misused punctuation for beginning college writers. Generally, the comma is used to signal and pause. Commas help to make a sentence’s meaning clearer, but if used carelessly, can cloud the meaning entirely. The comma was invented to help readers understand run ons and smushed together sentence parts. Commas are essentially used to interupt the flow of a sentence. The use of commas in logical places would clear up a lot of the problems that come along with the use or misuse of commas. The most important rule to follow for using a comma is: use a comma only when you are sure you need it. More specifically, if you follow these eight rules, you will use commas correctly.



	1. Put a comma before a coordinating conjunction when it connects two independent clauses.		1. Put a comma before a coordinating conjunction when it connects two independent clauses.