Exercise: Punctuation: Commas, various uses 1 (autoscored)

In each of the following items, select the sentence that uses commas correctly where they are necessary to avoid confusion or to set off a parenthetical or transitional expression, a contrasting element, an interjection, a direct address, or a tag question.

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