Download Basic rules about where to put commas in a sentence

Basic rules about where to put commas in a sentence
Part of
speech
At the start of sentence
Nouns
Within a sentence
Use commas directly after a noun to add a further
description of it:
I ate the pizza, a stale old thing from last week, without
thinking twice.
Use commas to separate nouns in a list:
On my pizza I like anchovies, olives, meatballs and a little
drop of custard.
Verbs
When a sentence begins with an ‘-ing’ verb, insert a
comma before the main part of the sentence:
Use a comma before an ‘-ing’ verb which adds further
information to the sentence:
Having kicked the winning goal, Jane proceeded to jump
up and down excitedly.
I ate the pizza, shovelling it down and gobbling up every
last piece.
Use commas to separate a series of actions in a
sentence:
I walked into the shop, ordered 20 pizzas, sat down and
then ate them all.
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Conjunctions
Adjectives
When a sentence begins with a conjunction like ‘While’,
‘Although’, ‘When’ or ‘Despite’, insert a comma before the
main part of the sentence:
If ‘and’, ‘but’ or ‘or’ are used in a sentence and
immediately followed by a pronoun (he, she, it, we, they)
or noun then put a comma before it;
While I like pizza, I prefer hamburgers.
Other people also like pizza, but they don’t like it as much
as me.
When a sentence begins with adjectives, put a comma
before the main part of the sentence:
Use commas to separate a list of two or more adjectives:
The tree was old, gnarled and broke.
Tired and full, I finally stopped eating the pizza.
Adverbs
Insert a comma after an ‘-ly' adverb at the start of a
sentence:
Slowly, I ate the pizza.
Insert a comma after a linking adverb at the start of a
sentence like ‘However’, ‘Moreover’, ‘Furthermore’ or
‘Nevertheless’:
I really like hamburgers. However, I like pizza more.
Prepositions
When a sentence begins with a preposition, insert a
comma before the main part of the sentence:
During the night, I dreamt of pizza
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