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'?
Which of these sentences needs to have a comma removed?
If you keep giggling every ten seconds, I won’t be able to finish my lecture on genitive case.
I won’t be able to finish my lecture on genitive case, if you keep giggling every ten seconds.
I won’t be able to finish my lecture on genitive case, if you keep giggling every ten seconds.
If your sentence begins with a dependent clause (for example, “If you keep giggling every ten seconds”), place a comma after it. If you reverse the clauses, as shown in the second option, the comma needs to come out.
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'?
The director of IT gave a _____________ speech.
long, confusing
If you can put “and” between the two adjectives “long” and “confusing” and still have it sound okay, you need a comma.
What rule are the apostrophes following in the example below?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
What is contractions?
Which of these would improve this sentence? Books, paper, pencils : many students parents cannot afford even these basic items.
What is An Apostrophe
Its Mariah's duty to make sure Dan stays on task in AP Literature and Composition.
What is 'missing apostrophe in "its"'?
In the example below, should the comma after “hallways” be removed?
Yes
A longish subject (“items that are left in the public hallways”) isn’t justification for a comma break before the main verb.
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'?
Is the comma before “therefore” correct?
No
The comma before “therefore” should be a semicolon or period. The comma after is fine.
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.)