Daily Grammar

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Daily Grammar

• Punctuation Commas 10

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Use a comma or commas to set off an appositive if
not closely tied to the words it equals or
identifies. Examples Larry Millward, my best
friend, will speak at the meeting. My brother Ken
moved to Hawaii. (closely tied)

• 1. Fred James a soldier captured during World War
  II spoke at the assembly.
• 2. My sister Elaine died recently.
• 3. Paul the top student in his class was the
  valedictorian.
• 4. Small farming a very important occupation is
  disappearing.
• 5. We rode all day on Dot a very old and gentle
  horse.

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Answers

• 1. Fred James, a soldier captured during World
  War II, spoke at the assembly.
• 2. My sister Elaine died recently. (It is closely
  tied, but one could take Elaine as a noun of
  address if you don't know her as the sister.)
• 3. Paul, the top student in his class, was the
  valedictorian.
• 4. Small farming, a very important occupation, is
  disappearing.
• 5. We rode all day on Dot, a very old and gentle
  horse.