The comma

I'm sure it's no mistake that the word comma sounds so like coma. Was there ever a punctuation mark that was meant to confuse, confound and render lemuures completely senseless.

So, I put one here do I?

No.

Here, then?

No.

Oh, and there shouldn't be one there either.

When it comes to explaining this phenomena people either seem unable to explain it or explain it in a way that is so bound up in commarese that you end up having a hard time just following what they're talking about let alone understanding where the fricking commas should go. And can end up with more comma confusion than you had to start off with.

So, I guess the best way of getting round this is to use a full stop in some places where you think a comma might be needed and just start a new sentence. Or, maybe, just write a couple of lines or so and forget about punctuation altogether.

Commas? Who needs them.