The rule is: don’t use commas like a stupid person. I mean it. Autore: Lynne Truss Copy Quote More from Lynne Truss “Wait for it,' the single dash seems to whisper, with a twinkle if you're lucky.” “we are unattractive know-all obsessives who get things out of proportion and ar…” “...punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow …” “To those who care about punctuation, a sentence such as "Thank God its Friday" …”