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Grammar for Life. Rules and Examples. COMMA SENSE 1. Rule-Use a comma before a conjunction (and, but, nor, or, so, yet) to join two independent clauses. I want to play outside but I have to do my homework first. I want to play outside, but I have to do my homework first. Common Sense 3.
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Grammar for Life Rules and Examples
COMMA SENSE 1 • Rule-Use a comma before a conjunction (and, but, nor, or, so, yet) to join two independent clauses. • I want to play outside but I have to do my homework first. • I want to play outside, but I have to do my homework first.
Common Sense 3 • Rule: Use commas to separate items in a series of three or more things. • Wrong answer: I played my three favorite sports this weekend: baseball, basketball, football. • Right answer: I played my three favorite sports this weekend: baseball, basketball, and football.
Comma Sense : Rule # 3 • Use a comma to separate items in a series of three or more things. • Wrong answer: At the park there were people playing Frisbee having a picnic cat playing with a duck. • Correct answer : At the park there were people playing Frisbee, having a picnic , and a cat playing with a duck.
Redundancy • To keep writing clear and effective, it its important to avoid redundancy, or unnecessary repetition • Incorrect: The expensive watch was on sale for a lot of money. • Correct Option # 1: The expensive watch was on sale. Correct Option # 2: The watch was on sale for a lot of money.
Vary Your Sentences • Add an adverb to the beginning of a sentence • The boy snuck into the room. • Quietly, the boy snuck into the room.
Vary Your Sentences 2 • Move a prepositional phase to the beginning of a sentence. • Jay walks her dog lucky everyday after school. • Everyday after school, Jay walks her dog lucky.
Compound Sentences • Link two sentences to form a compound sentence. • Incorrect: My sister said she would be ready thirty minutes ago. Now we are late! • Correct: My sister said she would be ready thirty minutes ago, and now we are late!
Master Your Modifiers • Rule: A modifier is a word or group of words that modifies, or describes, another word or group of words in a sentence • Concept: A modifier should always appear next to the word it modifies • Incorrect: Covered in syrup, Grandma brought the pancakes into the kitchen. • Correct 1: Grandma brought the pancakes, which were covered in syrup, into the kitchen. • Correct 2: Grandma brought the syrup covered pancakes into the kitchen.