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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/a/44469
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I agree - this actually needs more commas. One of my favorite resources for grammar is from a community college's website: [http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/marks/marks.htm](http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/marks/marks.htm)

(Well, it used to be a CCC.edu URL -- they seem to have updated it -- it was the Capital Community College of CT, but now it's a foundation -- I'm glad, as it seems the web page is more likely to be permanent.)

This [link](http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/commas.htm) shows 11 rules for commas. Do **not** try to handle all of them at once!

> elements in a series, with a "little conjunction" (or FANBOYS), with introductory elements, to set off parenthetical (extra) phrases, to link adjectives, before quotes, for contrast, for confusion, between city-state or date combinations. Also NEVER between a subject and verb (unless other rules are indicating required commas - but ideally subjects/verbs aren't interrupted.

So that's a LOT -- just proofread for one or two at a time.

Also, if commas are a concern, you may have other issues of [confusion](http://guidetogrammar.org/grammar/confusion.htm); reading aloud can catch many of them. Often someone starts a sentence one way and then by the end, the writer forgot the original things, so there's unnecessary repetition or thinks no longer "fit" right.

Solve what you can on your own, and then getting a friend or writing-center tutor to review your draft can help find more issues. They may not know what you MEANT, but they'll know what's WEIRD, and then you can fix it.

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