How To Use A High Comma
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How to use a high comma. I wrote this song about comma usage as a memorable tool to help my students learn and understand commas for life. When an adverbial phrase begins a sentence it s often followed by a comma but it doesn t have to be especially if it s short. The comma is used to show a separation of ideas or elements within the structure of a sentence. As a rule of thumb if the phrase is longer than about four words use the comma. Use commas to separate items in a series.
For example alt 8263 will produce double question mark symbol like. Quietly she tiptoed past the sleeping child. Use commas before every sequence of three numbers when writing a number larger than 999. Thanks for all your help john. Of the three children becky is the oldest james is the youngest and jack is the middle child.
Using commas to separate three or more words phrases or clauses in a series. C i took angie the one with the freckles to the movie last night. This is a video about some of the basic comma rules. Punctuate the following sentences with commas. On windows documents you can hold one of the alt key on your keyboard and press the code using number pad.
So in fact you should use two full sentences each ending with a full stop. A i took angie the one with the freckles to the movie last night. She bought bread milk cookies and juice. You can also use a comma with a shorter phrase when you want to emphasize it or add a pause for literary effect. This makes for two.
The comma in the middle should not be there because each half is a complete sentence in its own right. For each of the following choose the sentence with the correct comma placement. The comma semicolon and colon are often misused because they all can indicate a pause in a series. Alternatively on word documents you can use the hexadecimal code in the second column with alt and x keys. B i took angie the one with the freckles to the movie last night.