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And all the reasons to love them.

COMMAS!

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What is a Comma?

ANIMAL? VEGETABLE? MINERAL????

NO! It is not any of those things.

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A comma (,) is a punctuation mark with literally endless uses.

…or maybe just 12?

Each way the comma can be used is related to marking-off separate

elements within a sentence.

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ONE : INTRODUCTORY ELMENTS

Commas can be used after introductory elements. They can be used in a long

prepositional phrase, a participle phrase, in adverbial infinitives, as a dependent

clause at the beginning of a sentence, or as a mild interjection.

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EXAMPLES MAKE LEARNING FUN!

1. Once upon a time, I pretended to care about commas.

2. Yawning, I sat up and pretended to care about commas.

3. To care about commas, you must turn off a large portion of your brain.

4. Since you care about commas, the world is a better place for everyone.

5. No, I couldn't have made this presentation more boring.

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TWO : INTERRUPTERS Commas can be used as interrupters. They

can be used with parenthetical expressions.

1. Midterms are, in my opinion, overrated. Appositives, words that rename, are

another way to use commas. 2. Buffy Anne Summers, the Vampire Slayer, could

most likely kick your ass.

Commas also have a place in a direct address.

3. Shaz, don't you love commas?

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THREE : W/EXPRESSIONS OF CONTRAST

1. I like commas, not hyphens. 2. I like baking cookies, not presentations.

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FOUR : W/NONESSENTIAL EXAMPLES

These will be introduced by words like, especially, particularly, such as..

1. Savannah likes to do drugs, especially acid, in her spare time.

2. Wade likes to hear jokes, particularly funny ones, while he is in science class.

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FIVE : TITLES AMPERSAND INITIALS

Here you can use a comma to enclose a person's title or initial.

1. Blank McObvious, Ph.D., likes jokes even more than Wade.

My doctorate means I’m a doctor!! LOLL

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SIX : Dialogue and Quotations Mark off the spoken or quoted words from

the rest of the sentence..

1. Shaz said, "Ansar, I'm not giving you my notes."

2. "I have no idea," said Savannah contemplatively, "what a cunat peinoy is."

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SEVEN : DATES & ADDRESSES FIND COMMAS TO BE QUITE USEFUL!

As you may have noticed from every date or address you have ever seen in your life, each element is separated by a comma.

1. The house at ANY NUMBER DIRECTION STREETNAME, Sunnydale, CA, burned down today.

2. She was born on July 21st, 1991, in Sunnydale, California? I'm sorry Wade, but what you did wasn't legal.

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EIGHT : USE A COMMA WITH CONTRASTING OR CONFIRMATORY

ELEMENTS! 1. Buffy slays vampires, not people. 2. That dumpster said NO BABIES, didn't it?

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NINE : BEFORE FANBOYS WORDS..

...when two independent clauses are used. FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO = FANBOYS

<3fanfic 1. She dropped out of college, so she no longer had

an excuse for binge drinking.

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TEN : W/ NON-ESSENTIAL CLAUSES AND PHRASES

1. Wade, while hating you, kept telling you to shut it peinoy.

2. Shaz, who is totally the cutest, would rather not be associated with this presentation.

Wade and Shaz as mean and cute animals, respectively.

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ELEVEN : A COMMA LIKES A SERIES!

Use 'em with words, phrases or clauses. (like that)

1. I like cats, kittens and felines. 2. My favourite way to end an argument is

with knives, torches, crossbows or poison darts.

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TWELEVE! : BETWEEN COORDINATE ADJECTIVES

1. She made a boring, confusing presentation.

ZZZZ!!!!

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THIRTEEN(BONUS LEVEL) !. There are soo many ways to use commas,

my favourite is a comma splice!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOLLLLO!!!^%!!@!@^!ROFL LOL!!!!111oneoneshift!!!^&!

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