From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series Mini-Lesson #41.
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Transcript of From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series Mini-Lesson #41.
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COMMAS WITH SENTENCE TAGS,
CONTRASTING ELEMENTS, AND
WORDS IN DIRECT ADDRESS
(VOCATIVES)From the UWF Writing Lab’s 101 Grammar Mini-Lessons Series
Mini-Lesson #41
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Use a comma to separate words in direct address.
Kismet, clean up your room.
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Use a comma to separate sentence tags from the remainder of the sentence.
No, I won’t write your paper for you.
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Use a comma to separate contrasting elements from the rest of the sentence.
It is you, not I, that the instructor is looking for.
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Examples
Don, did you go to school this morning, or did you skip?
Henry, not Donna, left the refrigerator open.
No one, not even Stella, passed the course.
Jessica, are you going to town with us?
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Use commas to separate sentence tags from the rest of the sentence. He’s going to Rome in August, isn’t he?
It doesn’t have four legs, does it?
You skipped class today, didn’t you?
I had a car accident, that’s why.