The Dreaded Comma
Where should the comma go in this sentence?
"The flowers were beautiful and they lasted for weeks!"
Where is before and.
(Commas are necessary before coordinating conjunctions when they combine two independent clauses!)
The focus of this study was to examine if youth participating in sport for development programs achieved higher grades and whether they were less likely to commit crimes, which in turn would benefit society and ensure that marginalized youth are off the streets
What is the length of the sentence (specifically the fact that there is two ands).
The authors concluded that the athletes on the team will take steroids.
What is the use of past and future tense in the same sentence.
When you place a comma between two independent clauses (without a coordinating conjunction word)
What is a comma splice
The first sentence of a paragraph.
What is a topic sentence
Where should the comma go:
While the authors concluded the intervention had positive results their sample was ultimately too small to demonstrate the intervention would be successful in other communities.
Where is before sample and after their.
The scholars concluded that concussion policies are ineffective, which really demonstrates the issue at hand.
What is the use of the word really. (Fluff words that are not necessary)
I feel as if this topic is important because low income communities are unfairly marginalized.
Two types of words that should not be capitalized in a title.
Prepositions, articles, coordinating conjunctions
What three things should an introduction have?
1) A general overview of topic
2) A thesis
3) An outline
Which comma is out of place:
Also, these authors concluded that the intervention was successful, because of their large sample size, and they were confident that their intervention could be adapted to other communities, which was the point of their study.
Where is before because
Janice and colleagues discovered that safe consumption sites won't please all members of the community.
What is the use of a contraction.
But Smith and colleagues conclude that coaches encourage female athletes to play through pain as well.
What is the use of but to start a sentence.
When do you have to use a determiner/article (the, a, an)?
When a noun is referring to something specific.
What three things should a conclusion do?
1) Summarize main points
2) Restate thesis
3) Explain so-what!
Where should there be comma(s) in this sentence:
"The boy loved sharing his favourite toys with his brother such as his tractor and mr. potato head since it made him happy.
It was concluded that this intervention was unsuccessful by the scholars.
What is the use of passive voice opposed to active voice.
The authors conclude that there findings outweigh Lee's (2016) findings because their sample size was larger.
What is the incorrect use of there.
What three things does a direct quote in-text citation need?
Author's last name, page number and year.
What does WIT stand for?
What is Writing-Integrated-Teaching
Scholars debate the use of a comma after the second thing in the list. What is this comma called?
for example:
The boys liked his bike, motorcycle, and tractor.
What is the Oxford Comma.
"This makes it evident that the proposed intervention will be successful"
What is This.
(This is an unclear antecedent)
My bike which has a broken seat is in the garage
What is the use of which instead of that.
What five things in order should be included in a reference for a journal article.
Author's name, year of article, article title, journal title, page numbers.
What is 0-39