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When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down.
Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.
Kingsley Amis, The King’s English
Time slows down.
When summer comes to the North Woods, times slows down
There is little point in writing.
If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing
Kingsley Amis, The King’s English
Use a comma after an introduction or opener
Introductory word groups function as
adverbs – telling when, how, why, or under what conditions the main action of the sentence occurred.
When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down.
Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light
The comma tells the reader that the introductory clause or phrase has come to an
end, and the main part of the sentence is about to begin.
If there were an Olympic contest for talking, Shelly Stalls would sweep the event.
Flipped, pg 16
If there were an Olympic contest for ____________, __________ would sweep the event.
AAAWWUBBIS!
When I was little,
Subordinating conjunctionsAAAWWUBBIS
lthoughsfterhilehenntil/Unlessecauseeforefince
Although school had begun, Calvin and Hobbes laid lazily in the tree.
Calvin and Hobbes rested on the tree branch.
Warm by the fireside, Calvin and Hobbes enjoyed their afternoon reading the Sunday comic.
Opener, sentence .
Use a comma to set off an opener.