00 PUNCTUATION MISTAKES in ITALIAN
In this article you can find a list of 00 punctuation mistakes to avoid when writing in Italian. We will talk about rules that concern commas, semicolons, full stops/periods, colons; but we will also talk about rules… that are not rules! For each rule you can find both an example of a mistake and a correct example in order to make you understand the rule as clearly as possible.

0 – COMMA BETWEEN THE SUBJECT AND THE VERB
The comma should never be placed between the subject and the verb, even if there are other words between them.

Example 0:

Sara, mangia la pasta. = WRONG!
(Sara, eats pasta.)

Sara__ mangia la pasta. = RIGHT!
(Sara__eats pasta.)

Example 0:

La casa che abbiamo comprato, è molto luminosa. = WRONG!
(The house we have bought, is very bright.)

La casa che abbiamo comprato__ è molto luminosa. = RIGHT!
(The house we have bought__is very bright.)

The only exception is if there is an embedded clause between the subject and the verb: in this case you must put a comma at the beginning and another comma at the end of the embedded clause. For example:

I bambini, che avevano da poco cenato, andarono a dormire.
(The children, who had just had dinner, went to sleep.)