Let's Eat Steemitzens!

in #steemit9 years ago

Ah, the importance of commas! By placing a comma after *Eat*, this sentence becomes much more hospitable.

Lets Eat, Steemitzens!

Unless you are a cannibal and are placing a call to action for your fellow flesh foodies to join you for bites of your fellow human compadres, use your commas!

Commas break ideas in sentences.

See how strategically placed commas would make this notification less alarming?

Poor Fido!
I almost think that ^ was intentional. How did the editors miss that? Try Rachael Ray finds inspiration in cooking, her family, and her dog. There, no children or dogs were harmed in the making of that sentence!


I don't wear purple people.

Or

I don't wear purple, people.

Commas can make or break your sentence!

With great punctuation comes great power



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Haha yeah. I am a fan of the Oxford Comma. Sometimes, I may overuse the comma, but better that than underuse it ;)

Lol I know, I can get comma happy sometimes too! That's why I always set my piece aside for a bit and do something, then come back with fresh eyes.

Yeah, it always helps doing that. Even when I do that, I tend to be a bit comma happy. So sometimes, I remove the unnecessary ones and change some to semicolons if it will fit better.

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