To think DS uses too much punctuation?

[AliceAllie]

I'm not the best at English... So I'm just looking for info! Can I just say that this piece isn't true it was part of a story.

The comma after 'pain' is unnecessary.

I think he has probably learned that a comma goes where you take a breath. And then whilst thinking about this he has over thought it. So he has thousands thought he should take a breath where he doesn't need to and put a comma in!

I'm a teacher, i see this a fair bit. I think it comes with practice!

It's not all necessary, but I wouldn't say any of it is actually wrong.

Consider Jane Austen:

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

The comma after mum is unecessary but everything else is fine. By the way it's not 'head pain' but 'headache' - It was giving me a headache.

UppityHumpty - I think he used that because he couldn't spell headache!

Oooh, I thought that was fine! Wasn't it?

I sometimes think there are too few commas in things I read. I am a fan of the Oxford comma too.

I am quite likely to be wrong, of course!

May I just say your DS has lovely handwriting and knows how to use an apostrophe? Well done

Also, I'm pretty sure I learned that one should always put a comma before words like but, so, because etc., so maybe he has been taught by a similar comma enthusiast. Or maybe he just likes them.

I think he has been learning about compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions and embedded clauses. What year is he in?

It is all correct, but follows the US model which tends to use commas more frequently than we do in British English. I'm a teacher of ESL so see both kinds frequently. It looks 'hyper correct' to British eyes as a result.

The only erroneous one is after long. He is using mainly compound sentences, which require a comma before a co-ordinating conjunction.
Commas for a breath????😫

It is how we were taught....but I am very old.

It is correct in the strictest sense. I, however (see what I did there!), wouldn't usually place commas before conjunctions in such a casual piece.

I would just be delighted he can actually do it and would be encouraging him to try some longer and more flowing sentences.

I was also taught to punctuate in this way - I think he's got it right, though I am aware that the common fashion is to relegate commas to occasional use only

Looks good to me.

I used to work in publishing and copy editing and wouldn't have changed anything on this.

It's fine. (I'm an editor. I like a good comma.)