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I think you mean “reems”, thank you very much.
Well I, can certainly see your point about commas. You can absolutely use, them, anywhere in a sentence. It really doesn’t, matter.
Here’s the simple version: as OANST’s links show, commas are used to break up sentences into chunks – clauses, list items, etc.
When writing dialogue, you can also make an argument that commas could be inserted to emulate the way a person’s speech flows (e.g. “well doc, I was, eh, y’know, diggin’ a hole”). That is the justification for your writing of “I simply pointed out that you, are not.”
The mistake being made here is that it isn’t dialogue. It’s a forum post, it reads as written text.
Your use of the comma breaks the sentence. If it was spoken aloud, the emphasis would be made by stressing the word “you”, as in “I simply pointed out that you are not!”; it would not be made by just adding a pause. And since you declined to add emphasis to your text and instead inserted a comma, it reads as an awkward pause in a single clause.
Thank, you and goodnight.
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Reems is a real word! It's just...a monster in the Bible...and not what I meant it to be.
Let's just agree to disagree, we're all right. There really are no winners, let's all take up the Olympic spirit. Bahahah.
All right, I'll admit that your argumentation here proves I didn't use the comma adequately, Hell I never denied I didn't use it well, or I don't think I did, but nevertheless it's not 'wrong', which is the only point I've been trying to make.