Commas

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Commas

• 1) Used to separate items in a series
• ie He enjoys listening to The Killers, My
  Chemical Romance, and Mozart
• 2) To separate two or more adjectives preceding a
  noun
• I.E. I walked down the long, narrow hallway
  worried that something was watching me.

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Commas B

• 1) Used before a coordinating conjunction (and,
  but, for, nor, or, so, or yet) when it joins
  independent clauses
• It helps to take notes, and it helps to pay
  attention in class.

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Commas C

• 1) used to set off nonessential subordinate
  clauses and nonessential participial phrases
• NOTE A nonessential (or nonrestrictive) clauses
  of Participial phrase contains information that
  is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.

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Commas C cont.

• 1) Subordinate clause
• Lebron James, who is a basketball player, was
  accepted into the NBA
• 2) Nonessential Phrase
• Juan, hoping for a scholarship, works hard at
  school.

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Commas D

• 1) Use comma after 'yes' or 'no'
• 2) Use a comma after a beginning phrase.
• 3) Use a comma after 2 or more introductory
  phrases or after a long introductory
  prepositional phrase
• 4) Use a comma after an introductory adverb
  clause.

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Commas d cont.

• yes, I want to graduate high school
• Hoping to trick the guards, Christopher threw a
  rock to distract their attention

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Comma E

• 1) Use a comma to set off an expression that
  interrupts a sentence
• ie Thomas Hardy, Poet Laureate, was a prominent
  English writer.

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Commas G

• Use commas in certain conventional situations
• a) To separate items in dates and addresses
• b) After a salutation in a letter
• c) To offset a title such as Jr, Sr, or MD