Punctuation marks are stops or pauses of various duration used in writing. Commas are one of the many punctuation marks present in the English language.

Incorrect and perfunctory use of commas could completely change the meaning of the sentence.

But if used correctly, the reader can have access to the writer’s exact thinking.

Commas have many uses like-

To separate a series of words in the sentence

Use commas to separate each item, word and phrase in a sentence. For example-

Kate saw a country of beautiful lakes, birds, peaks and rivers.

For introducing quotations

Use commas to address direct quotations like-

He said, “I don’t want to register in the program.”

To separate address and date

With a pair of commas, separate the dates, year and all the elements of an address.

The president of the U.S.A was born on December 28th, 1957.

The letter came from 301, Bridgestone street, Seattle, 065.

To separate clauses

Use commas to separate the independent clauses that are linked with a compound sentence.

Charles came, looked around and started teaching.

To separate a parenthetical word or phrase

Separate the sentence elements like ‘therefore’, ‘however’, ‘for example’, etc. with a comma.

I, therefore, request you to pardon me.

Use commas in these following sentences and share the correct version in the comments below-

1. Boxer was ferocious Sam was calm.
2. Well sir how can I help you?
3. Come and water the plants he said.
4. The gist he narrated was interesting in several ways.
5. She was born on 7th August 1999.
6. He lives at 51 avenue humming street New York.