PUNCTUATION PRACTICE: COMMA
Uses 1-3 – Exercise 1
Most, but not all, of the following sentences lack either one or two commas. (Three sentences are missing two commas; two are correct as they stand; and the others are missing one comma.) Add commas to the sentences where necessary, and write "Correct" after the sentences that are correct.
Do the editing on the second set of sentences.
  1. Nexx clients were not specifically targeted but some Nexx clients on a random basis were receiving the unsolicited e-mail. (1267632 Ontario Inc. v. Nexx Online Inc. Decision.)
  2. Under section 64, workers who have been employed for less than two years are not entitled to claim that protection. (Webb v EMO Air Cargo)
  3. My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches but I never believed it till now. (John F. Kennedy)
  4. Moreover, a man may become ill through his own folly, by over-eating for example or travelling day and night without proper rest. (D. Jenness)
  5. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here. (Abraham Lincoln.)
  6. The issue the Court declines to resolve is addressed in the EEOC Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex which are entitled to great deference.(Meritor v Vinson)
  7. As a general matter the public possesses a privilege to reasonably use the facilities of a public utility, but Internet service providers have been held not to be common carriers. (CompuServe, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.)
  8. …Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…. (Matthew 5.44 NAS).
  9. Morris released the worm into Internet which is a group of national networks that connect university, governmental, and military computers around the country. (U.S.A. v Morris)
  10. O God thy sea is so great and my boat is so small. (Breton fishermen's prayer)
  11. The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes. (Albert Einstein.)
  12. The costs incurred by the United Kingdom and the Commission of the European Communities which have submitted observations to the Court are not recoverable.(Webb v EMO Air Cargo)
  13. In an effort to shield its equipment from defendants' bulk e-mail CompuServe has implemented software programs designed to screen out the messages and block their receipt. (Source: CompuServe, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.)
  14. Sexual harassment which creates a hostile or offensive environment for members of one sex is every bit the arbitrary barrier to sexual equality at the workplace that racial harassment is to racial equality. (Meritor v Vinson)
  15. Under Restatement § 252 the owner of personal property can create a privilege in the would-be trespasser by granting consent to use the property. (Source: CompuServe, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.)

Do the editing here.
  1. Nexx clients were not specifically targeted but some Nexx clients on a random basis were receiving the unsolicited e-mail. (1267632 Ontario Inc. v. Nexx Online Inc. Decision.)
  1. Under section 64, workers who have been employed for less than two years are not entitled to claim that protection. (Webb v EMO Air Cargo)
  2. My father always told me that all businessmen were sons of bitches but I never believed it till now. (John F. Kennedy)
  3. Moreover, a man may become ill through his own folly, by over-eating for example or travelling day and night without proper rest. (D. Jenness)
  4. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here but it can never forget what they did here. (Abraham Lincoln.)
  5. The issue the Court declines to resolve is addressed in the EEOC Guidelines on Discrimination Because of Sex which are entitled to great deference.(Meritor v Vinson)
  6. As a general matter the public possesses a privilege to reasonably use the facilities of a public utility, but Internet service providers have been held not to be common carriers. (CompuServe, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.)
  7. …Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…. (Matthew 5.44 NAS).
  8. Morris released the worm into Internet which is a group of national networks that connect university, governmental, and military computers around the country. (U.S.A. v Morris)
  9. O God thy sea is so great and my boat is so small. (Breton fishermen's prayer)
  10. The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes. (Albert Einstein.)
  11. The costs incurred by the United Kingdom and the Commission of the European Communities which have submitted observations to the Court are not recoverable.(Webb v EMO Air Cargo)
  12. In an effort to shield its equipment from defendants' bulk e-mail CompuServe has implemented software programs designed to screen out the messages and block their receipt. (Source: CompuServe, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.)
  13. Sexual harassment which creates a hostile or offensive environment for members of one sex is every bit the arbitrary barrier to sexual equality at the workplace that racial harassment is to racial equality. (Meritor v Vinson)
  14. Under Restatement § 252 the owner of personal property can create a privilege in the would-be trespasser by granting consent to use the property. (Source: CompuServe, Inc. v. Cyber Promotions, Inc.)