Where To Put A Comma

• The Basic Principle and Basic Terminology
• Main Clauses
• Introductory Elements
• Nonessential Elements
• Manuscript Conventions

Where Not To Put A Comma

• Pause
• Comma Splices
• Equal Things
• Main Clause Followed by a Dependent Clause
• Between the Subject and Verb
• Between the Verb and Object

The Semicolon

• Between Main Clauses Not Otherwise Joined
• Between Items in a Series If the Items Contain Commas
• Where Not To Put A Semicolon: Where It Would Create A Fragment

Practice For the No Longer Perplexed