Use Conventions of Standard English Punctuation

Question 1

Comma

Answer 1

Punctuation mark used to separate parts of sentences

Question 2

Purpose of a comma

Answer 2

Dividing items in a series and indicating pauses in the flow of a sentence

Question 3

Rules for comma

Answer 3

1. Place a comma before a conjunction in a compound sentence.
2. Place a comma after an introductory phrase or clause.
3. Place a comma before and after dependent phrases and clauses or around nonessential elements that interrupt the main clause of a sentence.
4. Place commas after items in a series. The comma before the “and” in a series is a preference.
5. Place a comma between two or more coordinate adjectives describing the same noun. (Adjectives are coordinate, or equal, if they can be used in a different order and still make sense. You can test if adjectives are coordinate by using the word “and” between the adjectives. If “and” works, they are coordinate adjectives.)​​​​​​​

Question 4

Oxford comma

Answer 4

The comma before the “and” in a simple series of items

Question 5

Independent Clause

Answer 5

A group of words that includes a subject and predicate and can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought​​​​​​

Question 6

Compound sentence

Answer 6

Sentence that contains at least two independent clauses

Question 7

Coordinate adjective

Answer 7

Two equally weighted adjectives that describe the same noun and require a comma between them

Question 8

Indirect Quotation

Answer 8

Two equally weighted adjectives that describe the same noun and require a comma between them

Question 9

Direct

Answer 9

indicates that the words within the quotation marks are exactly what someone else has written or stated.

Question 10

Simple sentence

Answer 10

Sentence that contains only one idea or independent clause and uses only an end mark

Question 11

Complex sentence

Answer 11

has an independent clause and a dependent clause. Use a comma following an introductory subordinate clause to separate it from the independent clause.
You do not need a comma if the subordinate clause follows the independent clause.

Question 12

compound sentence

Answer 12

two independent clauses. Use a comma before the conjunction that joins the clauses.
- Use a semicolon between two related independent clauses.
-Use a semicolon before a transition word that connects two independent clauses and a comma after a transition.​​​​​​​