Using the comma to add extra, non-essential information to sentences.

OUTLINE: 

1. Introduction: Reviewing previous episodes

2. How to use commas as a means to include non-essential, additional info: non-defining relative clauses

- My neighbour, who is from France, is an idiot.

3. Why we should not use commas with defining relative clauses

- My neighbour who is from France is an idiot.

KEYWORDS:

commas, relative clauses, defining relative clauses, non- defining relative clauses

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