loveCZ  +  871665 Sat, 22 Aug 09 07:49 PM That, is crazy. Preparing and submitting his report to the committee for evaluation and possible publication, was one of the most difficult tasks Bill had ever attempted. I would like to utilize a comma to emphasize my view toward the subject, but, is that correct?And is this sentence correct with two commas accompanying "but"?  loveCZ Joined on Wed, Aug 27 2008 Junior Member 91 Commas, Punctuation, Sentences

	ferdis  +  871679 Sat, 22 Aug 09 08:00 PM "That, is crazy." "Preparing and submitting his report to the committee for evaluation and possible publication, was one of the most difficult tasks Bill had ever attempted."   In both these sentences you separate the subject from the complement with the comma. That is not correct. You could emphasize the current subject like this:   One task in particular was one of the most difficult that Bill had ever attempted: preparing his report and submitting it to the committee for evaluation and possible publication.     The comma after but is not correct either.  ferdis Joined on Tue, Aug 4 2009 The Netherlands Full Member 388 Commas, Punctuation, Sentences