One of these years I should actually look up comma usage in American English.

[conuly]

I feel certain that we didn't actually cover this in school in any detail, but orthography really does have to be taught and I strongly suspect my natural instinct is to use commas a bit too much. I end up going back later and editing half of them out again.

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[redbird]

If/when you do, check how old your sources are: 19th century style was to use a lot more commas than late 20th century style.