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This was A practice assignment no credit but i wanted to use it as…
This was A practice assignment no credit but i wanted to use it as notes for reference
Comma Rules
Rule 1. Use a comma to separate items in a series.
Mom baked cookies, cupcakes, and pies.
Rule 2. Use a comma to separate parts of an address and parts of a date. If the sentence goes on after the address or date, then put a comma after the address or date. However, if you only have the month and year, no commas are needed.
My old address was 2542 North Gettysburg Avenue, Dayton, Ohio.
June 6, 2018, is my great grandchild’s birthday.
He’s getting married in August 2022.
Rule 3. When a number has 5 or more numerals, it must have a comma unless it is a zip code or address.
There are 13,250 pennies in that bucket.
He lives at 12201 North Houston Street.
Rule 4. Use a comma to set off introductory words or introductory phrases (usually not prepositional phrases).
Truly, this is your last chance.
No, we won’t be leaving until tomorrow.
Forgetting good manners, he pushed open the door.
In the morning we are leaving for California.
Rule 5. Use a comma to set off interrupters in a sentence.
He knows, I believe, the answer to our question.
Rule 6. Use commas to set off a quotation from words used to identify the source of the quotation.
Patrick Henry declared, “Give me liberty or give me death!”
Rule 7. Use commas to set off an appositive when it is not essential to identify what it renames.
An appositive is a word or phrase that renames a nearby noun. (In the sentence below, “my cousin” is the appositive.) [However, an appositive must be more than one word.]
John Smith, my cousin, is a store manager.
My cousin John is a store manager. [John is not an appositive because it is only one word.]
Rule 8. Use a comma to set off a noun of direct address from the rest of the sentence. (In the following sentences, the noun of direct address is “Jeremy.”)
Jeremy, will you drive me to the store?
Will you drive me to the store, Jeremy?
Will you, Jeremy, drive me to the store?
Rule 9. Put a comma before the coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) when it joins two independent clauses (compound sentence).
Sally offered to help, but she never came.
Rule 10. Use a comma to separate the dependent clause and the independent clause when the dependent clause comes first.
After the storm ended, we made our way back home.
No comma is needed when the independent clause comes first.
We made our way back home after the storm ended.
Rule 11. Use commas to set off nonrestrictive elements. Nonrestrictive means that it is not required to understand the sentence.
The man who shot the intruder is on trial.
Jack Scott, who shot the intruder, is on trial.
Number Rules
Rule 1. If you can write out the number in one or two words, do so. Use numerals for longer numbers.
I mailed 172 letters yesterday.
I mailed seventy-two letters yesterday.
Rule 2. When a sentence begins with a number, either spell out the number or rewrite the sentence.
One hundred seventy-two letters were mailed.
Hyphen Rule
Rule 1. Use a hyphen to write out fractions and to spell out compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety- nine, both when they stand alone and when they are part of a larger number.
Johnny is thirty-nine years old today.
Twenty-three hundred miles were covered in three days on that trip.
The recipe calls for one-fourth cup of milk.
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Part 2 –
(You can check & correct these answers in class.)
A – Put in any needed commas and write the number of the comma rule you are using:
John Nancy and I are going to the movies. Rule ____
On Tuesday February 17 we will leave for Hawaii. Rule ____
Staring out of the window I pretended not to hear him. Rule ____
These keys I believe belong to George. Rule ____
We raised $22500 for the charity. Rule ____
Our story is however finally at an end. Rule ____
Yes he is going with us today. Rule ____
Is his address 2249 Houston Avenue Austin Texas? Rule ____
Justin are you going to the movies with us? Rule ____
She spoke with her teacher Dr. Henry Watson about her grade. Rule ____
Carl walked to town but I took the bus. Rule ____
Although we were late they still let us in. Rule ____
Scott who is my neighbor mowed my lawn today. Rule ____
B – Underline the correct word:
She has (22, twenty two, twenty-two) speeding tickets.
The recipe calls for (one-half, one half) cup of milk.
(Nine hundred nine, 909) is her favorite number.
We mailed (144, one hundred forty-four, one hundred forty four) invitations.
Part 3
(Answers will not be provided. This is to see whether you learned the information provided.)
Correctly write a sentence that includes a number. (1 pt)
Write a sentence that includes an address or a date. (1 pt)
