May I request (I think I may?) an exhaustive resource on the use of commas in the English language, for someone whose first language is English. A book resource would be fine, especially if it covers other issues in a canonical way.
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1Style manuals, Chicago or MLA, I guess are your best bets, they are the ones I hear most often nominated onEL&U, that or any book that covers punctuation. – Mari-Lou A Nov 19 '17 at 9:07
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Online resource: the punctuation guide or just Google – Mari-Lou A Nov 19 '17 at 9:23
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1Oxford Manual of Style for BrE, Chicago Manual of Style for AmE. – Mick Nov 19 '17 at 10:59
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1Since you have asked, strictly speaking, I do not think it is permitted here, and I have explained why before. I would advise asking on the Language Learning website instead, where resource requests are expressly permitted by the scope of their website. With that having been said though, nobody actually seems to like or enforce that particular policy. – Tonepoet Nov 19 '17 at 11:25
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thanks to all three of you. :) – concerned Nov 19 '17 at 11:35
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@Tonepoet SE's policy is a general guide. Each community enforces its own subset of policies. We often write answers in comments, for example. See also: Individual community preferences vs. SE network policy: who wins? – NVZ Nov 19 '17 at 11:50
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See also: “What good reference works on English are available?” from our FAQ series. – MetaEd Nov 20 '17 at 15:51
