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What is a comma?

Grammar Toolkit. Comma. What is a comma?. Grammar Toolkit. Comma. A comma is the commonest punctuation mark. It shows a short pause to separate words and parts of sentences. Like all punctuation marks, commas help people understand your writing.

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What is a comma?

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  1. Grammar Toolkit Comma What is a comma?

  2. Grammar Toolkit Comma A comma is the commonest punctuation mark. It shows a short pause to separate words and parts of sentences. Like all punctuation marks, commas help people understand your writing. The cat said my mum is howling and needs to be fed. Who is hungry? The cat, said my mum,is howling and needs to be fed. Who is hungry now?

  3. Grammar Toolkit Comma Commas separate words in lists. The words might be nouns, adjectives or adverbs. At the zoo we saw lions, bears, koalas and wombats. Koalas are stinky, smelly, scratchy beasts. You do not need a comma before and for the last word in the list. A comma also separates a word, phrase or clause at the beginning of a sentence from the rest of the sentence. Sitting high in its tree, the koala gazed at the zoo’s visitors.

  4. Grammar Toolkit Comma Where do commas belong in these sentences? , , Letitiastacked the plates by colour: orange,red,white,brownand yellow. When I heard the news last night,Iwas so excited. The ship slowlysilently,carefullyedged towards the dock. By the way,thatshirt suits you. Nevertheless,Iwant you to try your best. , , , , , ,

  5. Grammar Toolkit Comma • Punctuation helps others to understand our writing. • A comma (,) is a separating punctuation mark. It shows a short pause. • It separates: • words in lists (e.g. a long, smelly, hairy tail) • the beginning of sentences (e.g. In the hour before lunchtime, we worked very hard.)

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