Writing On- and Offline

This activity will help familiarize you with professional writers' comma use. Visit any or all of the following sites and locate an essay that interests you:

• The New York Times Magazine
• The Atlantic Monthly
• Feed Magazine
• Salon Magazine
• New Scientist
• Smithsonian Magazine

1		How does the writer you've chosen use commas? Does the writer use them differently than you tend to? Does the writer use more commas than you tend to, or fewer?

For additional help with using commas, visit The Purdue University Writing Lab.

2		Take notes during your visit.