My Unhealthy Comma Obsession. I agonise where to put them. I spoke to Christ about it and I am curing. Amen.

. and lots of ands

kkins25:
. and lots of ands

Really! Bugger. I broke the A on my laptop.

budaatum:


Really! Bugger. I broke the A on my laptop.

Mine is the S key on all my keyboards gets wiped out.

LordReed:


Mine is the S key on all my keyboards gets wiped out.

Must be a brain thing my Lord. A and S are so close!

I think I'll get a desktop next. Always wanted to build one myself.

Thing with the comma is that's how it's to be read and it's usually the correct English, another confessionable thing of mine along with making up words.

Take:

1. Must be a brain thing my Lord. A and S are so close!

And compare to:

2. Must be a brain thing, my Lord. A and S are so close!

I feel the full meaning wouldn't be gotten without the comma if you weren't used to it because I haven't said when to pause.

I was thinking, just don't use commas anymore, but good English wouldn't let me, specially considering my style of writing. It would just be more unreadable.

So, my comma obsession is going to remain as the thorn that it is in my writing, with any one who likes owning the right to call me up on it whenever I go comma mad.