Most people know a good sentence when they read one, but New York Times columnist Stanley Fish says most of us don't really know how to write them ourselves. His new book, How To Write A Sentence ...

Consider the following examples too: She likes eating, drinking and to sleep. (Wrong) She likes eating, drinking and sleeping. (Correct) He went there, held a meeting with them and has left.

Only use a comma to separate a dependent clause at the end of a sentence for added emphasis, usually when negation occurs. 3. Use commas to offset appositives from the rest of the sentence.