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Four Times You Must Use a Comma

Four Times You Must Use a Comma. # 1. Sentence, and/but/for/or/nor sentence. = BETWEEN TWO MAIN CLAUSES JOINED BY A CONJUNCTION ( and-but-for-or-nor-so-yet .) FANBOYS We practiced using commas , and we did not jump out of the window. . # 2. SC, MC. = AFTER A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE

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Four Times You Must Use a Comma

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  1. Four Times You Must Use a Comma

  2. # 1 Sentence, and/but/for/or/nor sentence. = BETWEEN TWO MAIN CLAUSES JOINED BY A CONJUNCTION (and-but-for-or-nor-so-yet.) FANBOYS We practiced using commas, and we did not jump out of the window.

  3. # 2 SC, MC. = AFTER A SUBORDINATE CLAUSE Subordinate Clause, MC. When I moved to Kentucky, I started to elongate my i’s. MC SC. I started to elongate my i’s when I moved to Kentucky.

  4. # 3 A, B, and C = BETWEEN ALL ITEMS IN A LIST I forgot my helmet, my shoulder pads, and my jersey today.

  5. # 4 , extra info, = AROUND EXTRA INFORMATION (including PHRASES THAT INTERRUPT) . . . . . . . , non-essential information, . . . . . . Ms. Landon, who can do 1,000 sit-ups in a row, is my English Teacher.

  6. Three Times NOT to Use a Comma

  7. # 1 S,V or V,O= DO NOT USE A COMMA TO SEPARATE A SUBJECT FROM ITS Verb OR A VERB FROM ITS OBJECT My dog, ran and ate the neighbors petunias.

  8. # 2 A and B= DO NOT USE A COMMA IN A LIST OF TWO THINGS I went to the door, and rang the doorbell.

  9. # 3 , A, B, and C. = DO NOT USE A COMMA BEFORE A SIMPLE LIST OF ITEMS If the statement is NOT COMPLETE, put nothing. Go straight to the list.  The chimpanzee, jumped off the chandelier, threw the lemons, and bellowed obnoxiously.  The chimpanzee jumped off the chandelier, threw the lemons, and bellowed obnoxiously.

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