Comma usage

[nq:1]Can someone please correct me in the following example (which is correct)? "or in some cases the solution is..." OR "or, in some cases, the solution is..." I tend to overuse my comma, and am unsure what is proper (or necessary) for today's writing. Thanks.[/nq]
The fragment is OK either way to me. However, you should post the full sentence.

One thing I have learned about Englis

I agree with Izzy that either formation is probably fine (and that the context may affect that answer).

However, the phrase "I tend to overuse my comma" implies that you've only got the one, in which case you may want to save it for a rainy day.

regards -Laura
[nq:2]Can someone please correct me in the following example (which ... unsure what is proper (or necessary) for tod

[nq:1]I agree with Izzy that either formation is probably fine (and thatthe context may affect that answer). However, the phrase ... implies thatyou've only got the one, in which case you may want to save it for a rainyday. regards -Laura[/nq]
In an emergency he could use half a semi-colon.

Izzy

(BTW, why do you top-post? OE?
[nq:2] The fragment is OK either way to me. H

[nq:1]Can someone please correct me in the following example (which is correct)? "or in some cases the solution is..." OR "or, in some cases, the solution is..." I tend to overuse my comma, and am unsure what is proper (or necessary) for today's writing. Thanks.[/nq]
Some style guides tell you never to put a comma after "and", "or", or "but". I generally go along. As Izzy mentioned, the answe

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Maybe she uses the Feynman comma.

-- -- Richard Maurer To reply, remove half Sunnyvale, California of a homonym of a synonym for also. -- Now, as for the actual curly of the matter, I'll pass now.

[nq:2]Can someone please correct me in the following example (which ... unsure what is proper (or necessary) for today's writing. Thanks.[/nq]
[nq:1]Some style guides tell you never to put a comma after "and", "or", or "but". I generally go along. I doubt any style guides even considered that you'd want to do that.[/nq]

[nq:1]I agree with Izzy that either formation is probably fine (and that the context may affect that answer). However, the ... you've only got the one, in which case you may want to save it for a rainy day. regards -Laura[/nq]
I fully agree. It's his exclamation point he should save for special occasions -:)

John Ramsay

(Old enough to remember when the interjection was calle

[nq:2] Some style guides tell you never to put a comma after "and", "or", or "but". I generally go along.[/nq]
[nq:1]I doubt any style guides even considered that you'd want to do that.[/nq]
The people at say, "One of the most frequent errors in comma usage is the placement of a comma after_ a coordinating conjunction." (Emphasis theirs.) They also say, "When a parenthetical element —

The second example is correct, based on the rule of "sentence interruption."

I teach my students this phrase, "When in doubt leave it out."

As far as the coordinating conjunction is concerned the rule is put a comma before the "and" "but" "or" when the two sentences are closely related:

I went to the store, and they were out of toilet paper.