Comma Review
24/9/14
•Comma splices are bad because they connect two separate sentences and make it one.
•Use a comma when making a list, they separate different objects or things.
• The oxford comma is used when making a list, but is only used by some people because it is only used in some parts of the world.
•You can’t just use commas to add a pause in your sentence.
•Commas are used in dates. They are used in short phrases.
•When using more than one adjective to support a noun
• When you are addressing a particular person
•Dont use commas after a conjunction!
Punctuating Dialoge
• If the sentence is interrupted, you must put a comma at the end of the dialoge and the end of the pause. You must also start and stop your quotation marks, for example:
GOOD:
“Margie stop,” Cristina demanded, “Your acting like an annoying littlefour year old!”
BAD:
“Im older than you” Christina wailed “So don’t tell me what to do.”
• The punctuation goes before the end quotation, not after
“Hey, wanna come and play soccer with us“? Carly asked.
• You have to start a new line after each person speaks
“Well, I was just trying to help,” Julia defended, “Im sorry Issabel.”
“Well you messed up, and Im never going to forgive you now!”
“Fine with me.”
Simple, Compound and Complex sentences
• Simple sentences
AKA, Independent clause
Contains: Subject and verb + express a complete though
• Compound sentence
Two independent clauses connected to each other
FAN BOYS
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
• Complex sentences
Made up of several parts (clauses)
one will be the main
the others supporting (Subordinating conjunctions)
After
Although
As
As if
A long as
As soon as
As though
Because
Before
Even if
Even though
If
In order to
In case
Once
Since
So that
That
Though
Unless
Until
When
Whenever
Whereas
Where
Wherever
While
If you use any of these are used, its a complex sentence
They can be at the middle or beginning or end, but cant be separated.
They need commas to connect with the rest of the sentence
But no comma is needed if the clause is at the end
Two commas for middle clauses.
• Making Complex sentences
Start with 2 adjectives
start with a ‘ly’ word
start with an ‘ing’ word
end with a ‘ing’ word
sandwich technique
prepositional phrase
start with a conjunction
end with a conjunction
simile
Colons
-They are used to list things.
-They must follow a full sentence
-You do not need to capitalize the words following
-can be used as a salutation
-To test you can take out the colon and add namely
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