When to use "," and when not.?

Answer 1

as a general rule, you use a comma to join two incomplete sentences or when you list things. you can also use a comma to indicate or force a pause in a sentence.

Answer 2

I'm terrible at grammar, and I'm one of those people who use commas way too much! When I edit what I write, I try to take out as many commas as I can, and only leave in the ones that are absolutely necessary. For example, the commas in the previous sentence are probably all unnecessary.

Strunk & White's "Elements of style" explains the use of commas and lots of other good stuff about writing (I really should re-read it one of these days!).

Answer 3

Quotation marks are just that. Use them when actually quoting someone else's words or text. The complication happens when a second source is used within a quoted text. Some sources instruct to use a single ',' within the main citing. Others use brackets.

For example: She said, "I will not do that 'thing' at all!"

"To be, or not to be
That is the question."

Answer 4

Vienna is correct if asking about the quotation marks. Commas are used for separating things in a list, creating a pause in a sentence, or for connecting ideas in a sentence...like interlude's answer.

Answer 5

use them when quoting people or phrases.
then use these ' ' when you're quoting inside a quote. ex. bob said "if you say 'hello' one more time I will throw you in the pool"