We already know that commas are used along with conjunctions (FANBOYS) to separate two independent clauses: I ran a marathon last month, and I vow to never do it again!
And we know that we use commas along with dependent clauses to help with organizing our sentences:
While the lit candle was burning his house down, Thomas was sleeping soundly.
(note that the comma is in this sentence BECAUSE the first part is a dependent clause. How would you punctuate the sentence if you flipped the two clauses?)
These are our BIG comma rules, but recently we covered some other reasons to use commas. Review these in your EG book (page 470) or check out OWL's breakdown of commas and make sure to examine the notes linked at the bottom of the page too :)
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