commas Flashcards
I need to buy eggs, milk, lettuce, and bread.
List items in a series
in a series of 3 or more
List items in a series
I want to buy the new jacket, but it is to expensive
To separate 2 independent clauses
use before fanboys
To separate 2 independent clauses
Without water, the plant will die.
to separate an independent clause from a dependent clause
My mother, the science teacher, doesn’t like chocolate.
To seperate non-essential phrases and non-essential clauses
“we need to buy more sugar,” she said ,”before we run out.
To seperate a quotation from the rest of the sentence
Hi, how are you?
to seperate introductory words
I live in Manhattan, New York.
To seperate he name of a city from a country or state
today is tuesday, august 27, 2024
to seperate the day of the week, the day of the month from the day of the year.