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Commas

Commas. Pandas eats shoots and leaves. Pandas eats, shoots, and leaves. Commas in a Series. In a series of three or more items, use a comma after every item except the last one. Among the survivors, they had only a handful of grenades , bullets , and claymores.

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Commas

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  1. Commas Pandas eats shoots and leaves. Pandas eats, shoots, and leaves.

  2. Commas in a Series • In a series of three or more items, use a comma after every item except the last one. • Among the survivors, they had only a handful of grenades, bullets, and claymores. • Use commas after first, second, and so on when they introduce items in a series. • In order to survive a zombie attack, survivors must follow three rules: first,keep to the high ground; second, stay stocked up on ammo; third, do not get bitten. • Use a comma between adjectives of equal rank that modify the same noun. • A large, blood soaked zombie bit off my ear lobe. • TO TELL WHETHER OR NOT IT REQUIRES A COMMA ATTEMPT TO REPLACE IT WITH THE WORD “AND”. IF THE SENTENCE STILL MAKES SENSE, REPLACE IT WITH A COMMA.

  3. Commas with Introductory Elements • Use a comma after an introductory word or a mild interjection such as oh and well. • Oh man, you suck. • Use a comma after introductory prepositional phrase that contains one or more prepositional phrases. • At the beginning of time, there were a lot of people, but that was a long time ago. • Use a comma after an infinitive phrase, a participial phrase or an adverb clause that begins a sentence. • Plunging head first into the fray, he died rather quickly.

  4. Commas with Interrupters • Use a comma to set off words that interrupt the flow of thought in a sentence. • Flying on a broom, by the way, is not as hard as they say it is. • Use commas to set off nouns of direct address. • I want some freakinCheetos, Mom. • Use commas to set off nonessential appositives. DO NOT place commas around essential appositives. • Jacob, my homie, is an avid archer. (Nonessential) • His friend Jospehat can shoot airplane out of the sky with his finger.

  5. More Commas • Use a comma whenever readers might misinterpret a sentence without it. • Before Dallas cowboys were known only as ranch hands. • Before Dallas, cowboys were known only as ranch hands. • Use commas to separate direct quotations from explanatory words like he said, Don Juan replied, and Montaya asked. • “I don’t like your face,” Farva replied. • “Not only can I not I not stand your face,” Francisco answered, “but I also can stand your mom’s face.”

  6. More Commas • Use a comma to separate independent clauses joined by a conjunction in a compound sentence. • I have killed 400 zombies, but I must admit there is nor greater challenge than shooting gerbils. • Use commas to set off nonessential clauses. (Nonessential clauses add extra information to the sentence but is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence. • The ancient are of stick fighting, which originated in Patagonia, has been celebrated throughout the ages.

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