Which Comes First, the Comma Or the Pause? a Practical Guide to Writing

Do Commas matter? You be the judge. Oscar Wilde illustrated the confusion about commas and pauses perfectly when he said, I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. If you are basing your writing decisions on guesses, now is the time to stop the uncertainty-it is costing you too much time, effort, and credibility. This book takes the mystery out of how to produce good writing by untangling core concepts and making them easy to learn. Here is a promise: Read this book from cover to cover, and you will bring your writing to a higher level. You will get your ideas down quickly and then edit like a pro. Young had used this method with thousands of corporate executives across the U.S. and has also authored the following books: Foundations of Business Communication, McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2006 Business English: Writing for the Global Workplace, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2008 The Mechanics of Writhing, Writer's Toolkit Publishing, 2008