Comma Rules Flashcards
Deadly splits
S and v V and d.o. Linking v and complement Modifier and it's noun Verb and indirect object Indirect object and Direct object
Comma rule one
Items in series
Like red, orange, yellow, green
Comma rule 2
Two adjectives with and test
Rough, narrow, dangerous road
Comma rule 3
Compound sentence
If using and along with four words or less then it doesn’t work
Use for conjunctions
Comma rule 4
Nonessential modifiers
Desperate participial or adjective clauses
Adjective clause
Who whom whose which that
Participial phrase
End in ing
Comma rule five parts
Introductory single word
Introductory participial phrase
Introductory adverb clause
Two or more introductory prepositional phrases
Introductory single word
At beginning word, serve no function
Yes, well, no, why
Introductory participial phrase
Comma after introductory participial phrase
(Ing
Introductory adverb
Comma after adverb clause, check adverb clauses
Two or more introductory prepositional phrases
Two or more introductory prepositional phrases gets a comma
Apositive or appositive phrases
A noun or pronoun plus anything that modifies it
I play tennis, a fun game
Direct address
Directly adressing
Miss bates, may I leave early
Expressions
After al
On the other hand
I think
Men, in general, like dark suits
