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Comma Usage (A Review)

Comma Usage (A Review). “Rules”. Use commas to separate items in a series Write a sentence listing three things you have in your backpack or on your person right now. Use commas to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun.

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Comma Usage (A Review)

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  1. Comma Usage(A Review)

  2. “Rules” • Use commas to separate items in a series • Write a sentence listing three things you have in your backpack or on your person right now. • Use commas to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun. • Write a sentence describing the person sitting next to you with three adjectives. (Be nice)

  3. More “Rules” • Combining independent sentences • Use a comma before a FANBOY to join two complete sentences • FANBOY’s = For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So • I went to class, and we learned some English stuff. • Write your own example. • Separate non-essential, extra, or clarifying information • Use commas on both sides of the non-essential phrase or info • He, the student, is brilliant. • My favorite novel, The Great Gatsby, will come out as a movie in theaters in May. (True story – so excited!!) • Write your own example.

  4. Even More “Rules” • Use a comma after an introductory element • Mild exclamations like “oh,” “well,” “yes,” etc. • Yes, I heard you. • Well, that’s interesting. • Participial or participial phrase (descriptive words or “ing” verbs that modify a noun) • Looking very tired, the students sat down. • Motivated, the team took the court. • After prepositional phrases • In the 2nd round of March Madness, Georgetown blew it. • By the leaky water fountain, there was a pool of water.

  5. More “Rules”?! • Directly addressing someone • Mom, what’s for dinner? • Hand me that, Billy. • Separating items in dates and addresses • Today is March 26, 2013. • 42 Wallaby Way, Sidney, Australia (movie reference??) • Following the salutation and closing of a letter • To set off a title following a person’s name • Ken Griffey, Jr. was an awesome baseball player.

  6. Truly, the last “Rule” • Don’t use unnecessary commas. • Really, it was in the book.

  7. My Final Thought…

  8. Practice • In one of your journal or free writes, circle all of your commas. • If you used the comma correctly, according to your rules, highlight it or somehow mark it with a different color. • If you used the comma incorrectly, fix the sentence, then mark it in a different color.

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