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I need to buy eggs, milk, lettuce, and bread.

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List items in a series

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in a series of 3 or more

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List items in a series

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I want to buy the new jacket, but it is to expensive

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To separate 2 independent clauses

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4
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use before fanboys

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To separate 2 independent clauses

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5
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Without water, the plant will die.

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to separate an independent clause from a dependent clause

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My mother, the science teacher, doesn’t like chocolate.

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To seperate non-essential phrases and non-essential clauses

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“we need to buy more sugar,” she said ,”before we run out.

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To seperate a quotation from the rest of the sentence

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Hi, how are you?

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to seperate introductory words

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I live in Manhattan, New York.

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To seperate he name of a city from a country or state

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today is tuesday, august 27, 2024

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to seperate the day of the week, the day of the month from the day of the year.

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