COMMA

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When two adjectives are in a sentence together...

Add a comma between two adjectives IF you can put an "and" between them and it still makes sense

Martin Luther King Jr. was a powerful speaker and rhetoric

After King and after Jr.

A.a.W.w.w.U.u.B.b.I.S. stands for what?

After, Although, Whether, When, While, Unless, Until, Because, Before, If, Since...

When do you use oxford commas?

In Mr.Miller's case, always.

"Because the baby cried all night, I got very little sleep." In the sentence, is the dependent or independent clause in the beginning

It is the dependent clause because there is a comma there

"I got very little sleep because the baby cried all night." In the sentence, is the dependent or independent clause in the beginning

It is the independent clause, because the sentence has because in the middle rather than at the begging

Where would the commas go? "The place that I would most like to see is the Eiffel Tower."

No commas

Can you add a comma in this sentence? "They lied in a white frame house."

No. You cannot because "white and frame house" does not make sense.

When using commas in a series..

Place commas in a sentence to divide items in a list.

When there are generally two commas after a single word, what does this mean

Words that Interrupt the Flow of Thought - non-essential interrupters

Do we use commas with introductory phrases?

Yes, you can generally tell because it is called the dependent clause

Where would the commas go? "I am planning a trip to Paris one of the greatest cities in the world after my exams."

after Paris, and world

Where would the commas go? "Pierre who is one of my business contacts will meet me at the airport."

after Pierre, and after contacts

Where would the commas go in the sentence "Martina brushed her hair put on her pajamas and went to bed."

after hair and after pajamas

Passover begins on Wednesday April 14 this year

commas before April and after 14

FANBOYS

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Do not use commas for

listing only two things


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