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Commas Around Interrupters

Commas Around Interrupters. By John Zinser and Justin Lawson EN111 Fall 2009, BMCC. What is an Interrupter?. Words, phrases, or clauses that are entered into a sentence to give more information about a constituent within a sentence.

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Commas Around Interrupters

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  1. Commas Around Interrupters By John Zinser and Justin Lawson EN111 Fall 2009, BMCC

  2. What is an Interrupter? • Words, phrases, or clauses that are entered into a sentence to give more information about a constituent within a sentence. • It is not necessary to use an interrupter, but it adds detail.

  3. When to use Interrupters • When separating several single words. • When telling a story. • When needing to add effect to a certain element within the sentence. The dog, tail wagging, bonded toward its owner.

  4. Examples of Interrupters • The interruption brief as it was distracted Heather and made it hard for her to focus on her work again. • Mr. Angelo a friend of my family runs the delicatessen on Third Street.

  5. Examples Continued • Breanna sighing heavily opened her book to study. • The banana apparently left by one of the children lay forgotten in the back seat until it was brown and shriveled. • Lava lamps which first appeared in the 1970’s became popular again in the 1990’s.

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