pastA verb tense used to refer to something that happened before the present, for example:We went shopping last Saturday.Did you go for a meal, too?Learn more about verb tenses. pronounA word such as I, he, she, it, we, hers, us, your, or they that is used instead of a noun to indicate someone or something that has already been mentioned, especially to avoid repeating the noun
Wednesday, January 8th 2014Reply to this comment andrearyet another comma splice: I did the quiz, I got 100 score! Wednesday, January 29th 2014Reply to this comment bibo96hi Emma I saw some of your videos they were good , but I want to ask that if I can write an essay and you can correct it or score it. Is it not an identifing clause? Does it mean that i have only one friend? May the comma be ommited here? Cheers from Poland:) Wednesday, May 9th 2012Reply to this comment Hi Koku, Thank you for your question
Commas in Writing
Infinitive Phrases An infinitive phrase at the beginning of the sentence is always followed by a comma unless the infinitive is the subject of the sentence. Similarly, a comma is not needed when the introductory prepositional phrase is very short and does not contain any verb forms, cannot be misunderstood, and is necessary to the meaning of the sentence, such as when indicating the time that something occurred or will occur
Clauses and Commas
Two Independent Clauses When each of two independant clauses expresses a complete idea, but the two ideas are linked together, we often combine them into one sentence so that the reader can easily see the relationship between them. Yet, if you take the time to learn the basic rules of sentence structure and punctuation, then it becomes much easier to avoid such common problems as incomplete sentences, run-on sentences, and faulty use of commas
ENG 1001: Punctuation: Commas
Commas SHOULD be Used in the Following Situations 1) USE COMMAS to Separate Three or More Items in a Series Examples It is time for me to collect your papers, to read them, and to comment on your work. 6) USE COMMAS to Separate Independent Clauses from Dependent Clauses Video Comma Usage: Commas and Complex Sentences Examples If the rain continues, we will have to cancel the picnic
Comma rules
Comma Comparison: as, as though, as if Contrast: though, although, whereas, no matter how, even though Note a special use of however as a subordinator starting a nonessential, nonrestrictive clause. Use a comma between them when you can reverse their order: a brutal, bruising sport (or a bruising, brutal sport); slanted, sensational reporting (sensational, slanted reporting would be the same thing)
Also, while I find the combination used by a lot of writers and also find that use acceptable much of the time, some frown upon a comma followed by then being used in this way. Yet I find nothing wrong with the original, especially when used in a story where readers understand the context and are familiar with the old family home
(1)A clause can stand alone as a sentence, and a phrase cannot.Here are examples of phrases that appropriately come after an independent clause and a comma:It had started raining again, fat drops hitting the window like pebbles. (Timubktu, Paul Auster)The book she had been reading was under her pillow, pressing its cover against her ear as if to lure her back into its printed pages
Grammar Bytes! :: The Adjective
Use more or less before adjectives with three or more syllables: Movies on our new flat-screen television are, thankfully, less colorful; we no longer have to tolerate the electric greens and nuclear pinks of the old unit. Check out these examples: Kelly is lazier than an old dog; he is perfectly happy spending an entire Saturday on the couch, watching old movies and napping
For this section on intensifiers, we are indebted to A Grammar of Contemporary English by Randolph Quirk, Sidney Greenbaum, Geoffrey Leech, and Jan Svartvik. The relative adverb where will begin a clause that modifies a noun of place: My entire family now worships in the church where my great grandfather used to be minister
Guide to Comma Use
In this case, the dependent word is in the middle of the sentence, so no comma is needed (remember that commas are usually not needed in front of dependent words). (coordinating conjunction added) A comma can only be used to join two sentences together when it is helped out by a coordinating conjunction like for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
A Guide To Proper Comma Use - Business Insider
For example, "I saw a duck, a magician, and a liquor store when I went running." That last comma, known as the serial comma, Oxford comma, or Harvard comma, causes serious controversy. "March 15, 2013, was a strange day." Even if you add a weekday, keep the comma after "2013." "Friday, March 15, 2013, was a strange day." "Friday, March 15, was a strange day." You don't need to add a comma when the sentence mentions only the month and year
Confessions of a Comma Queen - The New Yorker
He told war stories (he was in the Battle of the Bulge) and stories about Yale and about his father, Raoul (the family came from Austria), and croquet games with Harpo Marx making an impossible shot by sawing up a tire and wrapping it around a tree trunk. Punctuation is for clarity and also emphasis, but I also feel that, if the writing warrants it, punctuation can contribute to the music and rhythm of the sentences
Sentence - Definition and Examples in English Grammar
Adjective: sentential.The sentence is traditionally (and inadequately) defined as a word or group of words that expresses a complete idea and that includes a subject and a verb
The second exception for using a comma before because is when the cause in because could be paired with the wrong element, creating confusion for the reader. Keep in mind that while we were looking at commas with dependent clauses, we were specifically looking at adverbial clauses beginning with subordinating conjunctions
ACT SparkNotes Test Prep: Punctuation
The ACT writers probably realized that these sentence enders are easier to grasp than other forms of punctuation because they basically each have only one function: The sentence ends here. The main functions of a semicolon that you should know for the English Test are its ability to join related independent clauses and its use in a series
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He told me that his birthday wish would be for me to do a show to help him understand the difference between dashes, commas, and parentheses because it keeps coming up in his writing
Run-on sentences happen typically under the following circumstances*: When an independent clause gives an order or directive based on what was said in the prior independent clause: This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it, you should start studying right away. Click here to see a 239-word sentence that is a perfectly fine sentence (structurally) When two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice
What Is a Comma Splice, and How Do I Fix It?
I am not even sure it is considered a matter of concern in British usage, and if any of my readers are from the U.K., I would like to know whether current usage there abhors the comma splice as does American usage. I don't recommend gratuitously splitting an infinitive or ending a sentence with a preposition, simply because so many people are likely to jump on you when you do
Of course, there are times when comma omission will result in momentary ambiguity and is to be avoided: While I was cooking my daughter did her homework. As to official rules on comma use to separate clauses, there are none (unlike in German for example where the comma is mandatory between dependent and independent clauses regardless of where the clauses are placed.) The previous sentence is an example of the light punctuation that I as a British writer prefer but which would seem careless to some American readers
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