All right, I give. I consider myself an averagely smart person. And I always did very well in my English classes in school with a decent memory for what I learned way back then. But ever since I took up writing as a hobby-and-hopefully-more (and ever since I took up to hanging out with so many non-US English speaking and writing folks), my understanding of the correct usage of commas has been blown all to H, E, double hockey sticks.
So, here's a "Which one do YOU think is correct?" type of poll, which I'm hoping will give me some solid answers. Because I fully expect you all to explain why you chose what you chose, okay?
Oh, and please answer the questions as they relate to comma usage, not general writing style (because these are pretty basic sentences that I'd probably never really write but are good examples).
/me grumbles a bit because she thinks she's got some relearning to do.
