: Re: How many commas is too many? I find myself often in writing using too many commas, but then going through and editing many of them back out again or restructuring to use full-stops. Is there

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How many commas is too many?

When they're incorrectly used. There are four principal uses for a comma –

As a listing comma in replace of words such as and, or etc.

As a joining comma in joining two sentences together with and, or etc.

As a gapping comma to show that words have been removed instead of repeated.

As a bracketing (or isolating) comma to mark off a weak interruption of the sentence so the sentence flows more smoothly.

It's worth taking time to understand how these four main comma uses are used and in doing so it will help you remove all the unnecessary or incorrectly used ones.

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