Commas

Decriptions on how to use commas in sentences

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Interrupting Phrase

Not a necessary part of a sentence. It simply gives additional information

Contrasting

Opposite

What don't you want to add a comma to?

In a sentence that cannot be seperated

There are 4 ways to not use a comma, can you name them?

1. The month & day 2. The house number & street name 3. The state & zip code 4. The month & year when no date is given

Compound Sentence

A sentence made of two simple sentences joined together

Conjunction

The word that joins the two sentences: and, but, or, so, yet

What can you notice in a compound sentence?

Both parts of the sentence could be left alone

What do you do if a quotation comes first in a sentence, & if it is a question or an exclamation?

Do not use a comma to seperated the quotation from the rest of the sentence

There are 10 ways to use a comma, can you name them all?

1. To seperate more thant 2 similar items in a series 2. To set off the name or title of a person being addressed 3. To set off a day from a

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year 4. To set off a city or town from a state or country 5. To seperate digits into groups of thousands 6. In a compound sentence before th

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e conjunction 8. After an introduction, phrase or clause when the rest of the sentence could stand alone as a complete thought 9. To set off

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an interrupting phrase 9. To set off contrasting phrase 10 To seperate a direct quotation from the rest of the sentence