Types of Comma Use

For each of the following sentences below, identify how the commas are used—to separate elements in a series, to set off introductory and transitional expressions, to set off appositives, or to separate parts of dates and addresses.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 26 of Focus on Reading and Writing.

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