This is certainly the case, but it does make it all the more amusing that the myth
> Commas denote a pause in speaking.... Speak the sentence aloud to find pauses.
made its way into this article. Hard to imagine that this particular point, to which I might attribute many of the comma splices I see in scientific writing, actually came from a professional writer.
> Commas denote a pause in speaking.... Speak the sentence aloud to find pauses.
made its way into this article. Hard to imagine that this particular point, to which I might attribute many of the comma splices I see in scientific writing, actually came from a professional writer.