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Notes on Commas
Type of comma use / When / ExampleCommas with Items in a Series (a series is 3 or more items) / · Use a comma after every item in a series except to the last one
· Commas are used between two or more adjectives that modify the same noun / The story of “Nadia the Willful” is about bravery stubbornness and loyalty.
Both the heroes made a quick daring escape.
Comma with Introductory Words or Phrases / · Use a comma after an introductory word or phrase to separate it from the rest of the sentence / Recklessly Icarus flew too close to the sun.
Commas with Interrupters / · Use commas to set off words or phrases that interrupt, or break, the flow of thought in a sentence / Nadia’s father however forgave Nadia.
Commas with Nouns of Direct Address / · Use commas to set off nouns of direct address to explicated name who you are referring to / Don’t forget class to write your homework in your agenda.
Commas with Appositives
(Do not use a comma when the appositive is needed to make the meaning clearer –
Example: The English author Olivia E. Collidge wrote about Greek myths.) / · An appositive is a word or phrase that identifies or renames a noun or pronoun that comes right before it. Use a comma when the appositive adds extra information. / Olivia E. Collidge an English author wrote about Greek myths.
Tihe kid twelve years old won the skateboard race.
Dear Joan
Numbers / · Numbers one thousand or greater / 1 234
234 567
Date / · Use a comma between the day and the year when writing the date / May 8th 2012
City and State / · Use a comma between the city and state in an address / Stevensville Maryland