On Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:17:31 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom>
wrote:

>Stephen wrote:
>> should be written as: "The rest of it, is not difficult." 
>
>Not in American English. Putting a comma there is incorrect, as it's 
>separating two halves of one sentence. I understand British English is 
>more relaxed about where commas go.

I was taught that a comma can be used to show a slight pause in a
sentence and/or to clarify the intended meaning. An example from
Wikipedia 
The teacher beat the scholar with a whip. A simple description. 
The teacher beat the scholar, with a whip. Expression of outrage

Having said that I agree that it doesn't look right :)
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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