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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise P2-5
Misuses of the comma
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In each pair, click on the correctly punctuated sentence.
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Example
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Correct. Commas are correctly used between all items in the series. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. A comma should not be used before than. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. A comma is correctly used after the introductory clause. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. A comma should not be used between the subject (Being prepared for the worst) and the verb (is). For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. A comma is correctly used between the coordinate adjectives mean and cutthroat. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. A comma should not be used between the adjective hilarious and the noun it modifies, movies. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. The comma is correctly used before the coordinating conjunction but because the conjunction joins independent clauses. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. Commas should not be used around elements, such as literally, that are only mildly parenthetical. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. A comma is correctly used after the introductory clause. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. The who clause is restrictive (necessary for defining which hairdressers the writer means), so it should not be set off with commas. One of the writer’s pet peeves is not hairdressers in general but a more restricted group: hairdressers who think they are God’s gift to womankind. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. The which clause is nonrestrictive (not necessary for defining which group the writer means), so it should be set off with commas. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. The comma before the parenthesis is incorrect. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. The comma is correctly used after the introductory phrase. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. There should be no comma before the coordinating conjunction and because the conjunction does not join independent clauses (word groups that can stand alone as sentences). For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. Commas are correctly used between all items in the series. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. A comma should not be used before the concluding adverb clause, which is essential to the sentence’s meaning. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. A comma is correctly used after the introductory clause. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. The appositive King Lear is restrictive (essential for defining which tragedy the writer means), so it should not be set off with commas. For more help, see section P2.
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Correct. Commas are correctly used between all items in the series; in addition, a comma is correctly not used between the cumulative adjectives black and silk. For more help, see section P2.
Sorry. A comma should not be used to set off an indirect (reported) quotation. For more help, see section P2.
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