punctuation

Question 1

uses of commas

Answer 1

seperate items in a list
seperate reversible adjectives
after closed parenthesis (cross out bracket info and see context)
after introductory words and phrase

Question 2

oxford comma

Answer 2

a comma before and/or in a list

Question 2

complex list

Answer 2

lists containing internal commas or long items

Question 3

misuses of comma

Answer 3

before/after prepositions
between adjectives and nouns
before/after that **
between subject and verbs **
between compound nouns,verbs or adjectives
before or after self words

SV - AN
compound - joined by and

Question 4

colons

Answer 4

introduce a list
explanation
noun or a noun phrase

Question 5

colon in independent clauses

Answer 5

if the second sentence summarizes / clarifies / explains the previous sentence

Question 6

dash = colon when

Answer 6

introducing a list
giving an explanation
noun / noun phrase

Question 7

double comma / das

Answer 7

seperates non essential clauses (like a pair of commas)