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CommaMadness!
Comma Splice
• A run-on sentence with only a comma separating the sentences.
• Ex: New York City had a total of forty-three newspapers in 1898, only twenty-three were written in English.
• Ex: In the 1940s, fans in Brooklyn cheered for the Dodgers, people in the Bronx supported the Yankees.
• Ex: The students have to park on the street, the parking lot is full.
Ways to Fix a Comma Splice• Coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
• Ex: New York City had a total of forty-three newspapers in 1898, but only twenty-three were written in English.
• Period
• Ex: In the 1940s, fans in Brooklyn cheered for the Dodgers. People in the Bronx supported the Yankees.
• Semicolon
• Ex: The students have to park on the street; the parking lot is full.
Commas and Quotation Marks• Introduce quotations with a comma
• Alice said, “I don’t live here any more.”
• According to the Arizona Daily Sun, “Local activists and political leaders are not happy about Gov. Doug Ducey signing a bill into law that prohibits local governments from banning or charging for the use of plastic shopping bags.”
• If the speaker tag comes at the end, put a comma inside the quotation marks
• “Don’t go in there,” they warned me.
• Think, “Punctuation to the left of quotation.”
Commas with Introductory Phrases/Clauses and Direct Address
• Examples of introductory phrases
• Alerted by 911, the firefighters raced to the store.
• To swim the English Channel, you’ll need to train for over a year.
• When you give a speech, look at your audience.
• Direct Address: When you are talking directly to someone
• John, please answer the phone.
• Barry, do you know where my backpack is?
• How come you don’t like reading, Annie?