Using Commas

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Using Commas

• Vicki Martinez

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Commas

• When you speak, you pause briefly between words.
  In order to show a reader where to pause, you
  must use commas in your writing.

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Here are some rules for using commas.

• If three or more words are listed in a sentence,
  the list is called a series.
• Use commas to separate items in a series.
• Do not use a comma after the last word in a
  series.

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Use commas in a series

• The children sang, danced, and played games.
• Sadie, George, and Jackson are sleeping in the
  same doghouse.

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Direct Address

• Use a comma to set off a persons name when the
  person is being directly addressed.
• Sadie, lets go for a walk!
• The comma comes after the name when the name is
  the first word in the sentence.

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Direct Address

• Lets go for a walk, George.
• The comma comes in front of the name when the
  name is at the end of the sentence.
• No.

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Direct Address

• Walking in the halls, Jackson, is just like
  walking in the grass.
• When the persons name
• is in the middle of the
• sentence, put the commas in front and in back
  of the word.

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Yes, No, and Well

• Use a comma after the words yes, no, and well.
• No, you may not eat the fish, George.
• When no comes
• in the beginning
• of the sentence,
• put a comma after
• it.

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Well

• Well, Sadie and George have been pals for quite a
  while.

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Yes and No

• Yes, Sadie and Jackson are the best looking dogs
  around.

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Where do the commas go?

• Ms. Martinez Ms. Walters and Ms. Koch love their
  pets very much.
• No Sadie is not a dog.
• Yes she is a fur person.
• Well I know because she sings dances and smiles.