FOUR BASIC COMMA RULES

• The receptionist acknowledges you, the radiologist radiographs you, the nurse prepares the surgery for you, and the surgeon performs the surgery.

Note: The last comma in the list is optional. But keep consistency. It is either periodic or not at all.

2. Once these transition words are added, separate the terms (complete ideas) with a comma.

• I did not plan to attend the graduation ceremony because I did not want to celebrate when I got a degree.

3. Use a comma to distinguish between independent terms (complete ideas) and those introduced into them.

• If you can count on teens, you will do a lot of things in various ways. However, Marx has a different theory. • During his studies, Ron dreamed of becoming an Olympic player.

Unfortunately, his health made this dream impossible. • When I got home, the news at midnight was over.

4. Separate words and expressions that are not important to the meaning of the sentence with a comma from the rest of the sentence.

• If you make a plan, writing a paper is not difficult. • President of the University of Carol and Shields wrote "The Stone Diary" and "The Stone Diary".

Add or delete commas as necessary. If you do not need to modify the sentences, mark them with "C".

6. The hockey team has withdrawn from the final of April 3, 1996, judging that the judgment is weak, lack of leadership, customs are inappropriate.

7. Bob Dylan, which is regarded as a cultural icon from many people, disappointed many fans by allowing his songs to be used in commercial banking operations.

6. The hockey team approved inappropriate judgment, lack of leadership, and improper training, withdrawing from the final of April 3, 1996.

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Date rule: For dates, the year corresponds to the rest of the sentence using a pair of commas. For example, on December 12, 1890 an order was issued to arrest cattle. Address rule: Separate address elements or place names with a comma. However, there is no comma in front of the zip code. For example, John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England in 1940. Example: Please send postal code 61571, postcode 61571 to Greg Calvin, Washington State. Title rule: If there is a name after the title, separate that title with other titles with a comma. Example: Sandra Belinsky of MD was appointed as a director. Number rule: For numbers longer than 4 digits, use commas to separate the numbers into three groups from the right. For 4-digit numbers, the comma is optional. Example: 3,500 Ex: 100,000 Ex: 6,000,000

When an adverb phrase begins a sentence, it usually follows a comma, but especially if it is short, that is not necessarily the case. As a rule of thumb, if the phrase exceeds about 4 words, please use a comma. If you want to emphasize, you can also use a comma of short phrases or add a pause for literary effects. Some small ideas pop up in the middle of the sentence to express interruptions, emotions, intonation and emphasis. Parenthesis elements are clauses that add additional information to sentences but can be deleted without changing the meaning of the sentences. Both the interrupter and the parentheses element must be represented by a comma.