Commas
Indicates pauses in a sentence and separates items in a list.
What is a comma?
Punctuation mark typically used to indicate possession, but are also used in contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
What grammatical rule is the colon following in the below example?
Daniel cleverly typed up his jeopardy game; he finds himself quite amusing.
What is 'joining of two related independent clauses'?
In conclusion communism is bad.
What is 'missing comma after dependent clause'?
What rule are the comma following in the example below?
The unfortunate boy lost his keys, flunked his test, forgot his lunch, and dented his car.
What is commas in a series?
What rule is the apostrophe following in the example below?
Anthony's hot-dogs are subpar.
What is possession?
How many time may a colon be used in a sentence?
What is 'only once'?
Dan; being the extremely conceited devil he is; was certain Mr. Pham wouldn't see the spelling error on the title.
What is 'incorrect usage of semicolon/ replace with comma'?
What rule is the comma following in the example below?
After having slept for 36 hours, Jared was surprised that no one bothered to wake him.
What is commas connecting a dependent and independent clause?
or
What is 'commas setting off clauses/ phrases from complete sentences'?
What rule are the apostrophes following in the example below?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
What is contractions?
In what situations do semi-colons replace commas when separating items in a series?
ex) The stressed out boy, Matthew, was very poor at managing his time; had a very poor, unhealthy, and untimely eating schedule; and frequently took naps, lasting up to 6 hours, when he should be working.
What is 'when commas are used in the items of the series'?
Its Mariah's duty to make sure Dan stays on task in AP Literature and Composition.
What is 'missing apostrophe in "its"'?
What rule are the comma(s) following in the example below?
Anthony the legendary chef, master of all spices and sauces, made hot-dogs for dinner.
What is appositives?
What is the possession difference between the two examples?
Ben and Dan's room is quite often a mess.
Claire's and John's rooms -much like Ben and Dan's - are quite often messes.
What is 'individual/separate possessions vs. collective possession'?
(Or vice versa)
What is the purpose of including parenthesis in this example below?
Mr. Pham is extraordinarily funny teacher. (Growing up he experienced much, enabling him make comical references). Unfortunately, not everyone understands his sense of humor.
What is 'to indicate a break in the sentences train of thought
and/or
provide explanatory information'?
When Laragh went to the store she bought many things: soup, bananas, bread, thrive merchandise, and many vegtables: carrots, broccoli, zucchini, and cauliflower.
What is 'there can only be one colon in a sentence'?
What additional punctuation mark can be left out from the sentence below?
At sunset the clouds and sky are blue, purple, pink, yellow, orange, red, and sometimes even indigo!
What is an oxford comma?
What is the grammatical difference between "its" and "it's"
What is ' "its" refers to "it" having possession of something, whereas "it's" is a contraction of "it is" '?
What is the main difference between parentheses and dashes?
What is 'dashes are typically more informal and intrusive'?
Buffalo, buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo
What is 'remove the comma from the sentence'?
Translation:
(Bison from Buffalo, which other bison from Buffalo confuse, confuse the bison from Buffalo.)