Commas, Colons, and Semicolons Let’s review the rules for commas in a variety of sentences Simple...
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Commas, Colons, and Semicolons Let’s review the rules for commas in a variety of sentences Simple Sentences: (typically) no commas Compound Sentences: Always a comma & conjunction Complex Sentences: Sometimes a comma
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Commas, Colons, and Semicolons
Let’s review the rules for commas in a variety of sentences
Simple Sentences:(typically) no commas
Compound Sentences:Always a comma & conjunction
Complex Sentences:Sometimes a comma
Complex-Adjective Sentences:
Non-essential:Mr. Marsh whose Advanced
Grammar class is tough like his rock-hard abs stared us down with the eyes of Satan.
Essential:The teacher who has the drooling problem and ferocious appetite for Twinkies is Mr. Dougherty.
Complex-Adjective Sentences:
Non-essential:Mr. Marsh whose Advanced
Grammar class is tough like his rock-hard abs stared us down with the eyes of Satan.
Essential:The teacher who has the drooling problem and ferocious appetite for Twinkies is Mr. Dougherty.
Complex-Adjective Sentences:
Non-essential:Mr. Marsh whose Advanced
Grammar class is tough like his rock-hard abs stared us down with the eyes of Satan.
Essential:The teacher who has the drooling problem and ferocious appetite for Twinkies is Mr. Dougherty.
Complex-Adjective Sentences:
Non-essential:Mr. Marsh whose Advanced
Grammar class is tough like his rock-hard abs stared us down with the eyes of Satan.
Essential:The teacher who has the drooling problem and ferocious appetite for Twinkies is Mr. Dougherty.
Complex-Adjective Sentences:
Non-essential:Mr. Marsh whose Advanced
Grammar class is tough like his rock-hard abs stared us down with the eyes of Satan.
Essential:The teacher who has the drooling problem and ferocious appetite for Twinkies is Mr. Dougherty.
Complex-Adjective Sentences:
Non-essential:Mr. Marsh, whose Advanced
Grammar class is tough like his rock-hard abs, stared us down with the eyes of Satan.
Essential:The teacher who has the drooling problem and ferocious appetite for Twinkies is Mr. Dougherty.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Beginning:Because he was misinformed by the
liberal media Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
End:Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu because he was misinformed by the liberal media.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Beginning:Because he was misinformed by the
liberal media Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
End:Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu because he was misinformed by the liberal media.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Beginning:Because he was misinformed by the
liberal media Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
End:Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu because he was misinformed by the liberal media.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Beginning:Because he was misinformed by the
liberal media, Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
End:Mr. Dougherty began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu because he was misinformed by the liberal media.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Middle:Mr. Dougherty because he was misinformed by the liberal media began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Middle:Mr. Dougherty because he was misinformed by the liberal media began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
Complex-Adverb Sentences:
Middle:Mr. Dougherty, because he was misinformed by the liberal media, began an all-bacon diet in defense of the swine flu.
Complex-Noun Sentences:
The reason for Mr. Dougherty’s distress was that he had an intense craving for menthol cigarettes.
We wondered not only how Mr. Dougherty outran the gazelle but also why he was in a National Geographic video of Africa.
Complex-Noun Sentences:
The reason for Mr. Dougherty’s distress was that he had an intense craving for menthol cigarettes.
We wondered not only how Mr. Dougherty outran the gazelle but also why he was in a National Geographic video of Africa.
Complex-Noun Sentences:
The reason for Mr. Dougherty’s distress was that he had an intense craving for menthol cigarettes.
We wondered not only how Mr. Dougherty outran the gazelle but also why he was in a National Geographic video of Africa.
Complex-Noun Sentences:
The reason for Mr. Dougherty’s distress was that he had an intense craving for menthol cigarettes.
We wondered not only how Mr. Dougherty outran the gazelle but also why he was in a National Geographic video of Africa.
Complex-Noun Sentences:
The reason for Mr. Dougherty’s distress was that he had an intense craving for menthol cigarettes.
We wondered not only how Mr. Dougherty outran the gazelle but also why he was in a National Geographic video of Africa.
