[MHGinTN]

An English teacher would say those are ‘comma splices’ and down grade the writer. Novelists use commas to emphasis, to cause a momentary break in the words of a character. In Journalism, the comma splice is a sign of a frustrated novelist who is not proficient in the journalism trade.

[MHGinTN]

BTW, the “to” didn’t make the word emphasis into a verb. Errata is so funny sometimes.

[alexander_busek]

Nestle and its Crunch Bar, thought the word “Crunch” in the snack's name, would cause confusion.

Are you defending the journalist here or at least "praising him with faint criticism?" I would say that the commas are almost totally random here, and could in no way be construed as enhancing clarity.

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