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Comma Usage Notes

Comma Usage Notes. Write 2 Independent Clauses. Write 2 dependent Clauses. Attempt to combine each Dependent clause to 1 Independent Clause. What is the difference between the following: A. Let’s eat Grandma. B. Let’s eat, Granma. Case #1.

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Comma Usage Notes

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  1. Comma Usage Notes Write 2 Independent Clauses. Write 2 dependent Clauses. Attempt to combine each Dependent clause to 1 Independent Clause. What is the difference between the following: A. Let’s eat Grandma. B. Let’s eat, Granma.

  2. Case #1 Bruce bought bagels, bananas, bacon, and bread for breakfast. Stacey promised to say the pledge, sharpen her pencil, and sit down before the bell. Use a comma to separate THREE or more WORDS, PHRASESor CLAUSES.

  3. Case #2 Use a comma to separate two INDEPENDENT CLAUSESwith a coordinating conjunction. Shakira gyrates in bikinis, andChris Brown dances in suits.The game was over, butthe crowd refused to leave.

  4. Case #3 Use a comma to separate a dependent clause followed by an independent clause. When Willie went walking, he saw a weasel. Although Alison adores apples, she inhaled a pomegranite.

  5. Coordinating Conjunctions Just remember FANBOYS: For But And Or Nor Yet So Coordinating conjunctions are the following 7 words: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

  6. Practice He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it had happened. The closet contained worn clothes old shoes and dirty hats. After surviving this ordeal the trapper felt relieved. After a good washing and grooming the pup looked like a new dog As a celestial goddess she regulated the course of the heavenly bodies and controlled the alternating seasons.

  7. Practice He left the scene of the accident and tried to forget that it had happened. The closet contained worn clothes, old shoes, and dirty hats. After surviving this ordeal, the trapper felt relieved. After a good washing and grooming,the pup looked like a new dog. As a celestial goddess, she regulated the course of the heavenly bodies and controlled the alternating seasons.

  8. Bell Work He cut himself while he was washing the knives. While he was washing the knives he cut himself. Nice is a word with many meanings and some of them are contradictory. Some words have many meanings and nice is one of them. The contractor testified that the house was completed and that the work had been done properly. Some people refuse to go to the zoo because of pity for creatures that must live in small cages. Because of their opposition to institutions that force creatures to live in captivity some people refuse to go to the zoo.

  9. Practice He cut himselfwhile he was washing the knives. While he was washing the knives, he cut himself. Nice is a word with many meanings,andsome of them are contradictory. Some words have many meanings, andnice is one of them. The contractor testified that the house was completed andthat the work had been done properly. Some people refuse to go to the zoobecause of pity for creatures that must live in small cages. Because of their opposition to institutions that force creatures to live in captivity,some people refuse to go to the zoo.

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