Chapter 2

Question 1

What are the 4 types of Comma?

Answer 1

• Comma + Fanboys (linking independent clauses)
• Dependent + Comma + independent clause
• Comma to separate unnecessary information from a sentence (…,…,…)
• Commas for listing more than two items or more than one adjective

Question 2

What are unnecessary information commas?

Answer 2

• unnecessary information can be before a comma, after a comma, or between two commas
• to check, cross out the information and see whether the sentence still works

Question 3

What is the Names rule?

Answer 3

• if the identifier before the name is not specific to one person (eg friend), the name is necessary, and there is no comma between identifier and name
• if the identifier is specific to one person (eg best friend), the name is unnecessary, and there are commas around the name

Question 4

What is the rule concerning “which” and “that”?

Answer 4

• phrases that start with “that” never get commas
• phrases that start with “which” always get commas (if the word stands alone)

Question 5

What are prepositional phrases?

Answer 5

• phrases consisting of a preposition and its object
• prepositions: in, from, after, of, by, over, to, about, between, for, as, during, with, into, before, on, like, among, at, through, around…

Question 6

What are the Comma rules concerning prepositional phrases?

Answer 6

• prepositional phrases at the front of the sentence are always followed by a comma
• prepositional phrases in the middle or end of a sentence almost never have commas around them (only if unnecessary information is contained)

Question 7

What is an Oxford Comma?

Answer 7

It is the final comma in a list if items after “and”

Question 8

Rule concerning adjective lists with commas?

Answer 8

• generally: commas separate two or more adjectives in a list
• when the switching of the adjectives change the meaning or sound bad, they don’t need a comma