LESSON TEN: USING COMMAS IN SIMPLE SENTENCES

This is the first of four lessons in Unit III: Applying More Punctuation Rules. Here we will examine a number of rules for using commas in our writing. 

Beginning with this lesson, we will no longer cross out all prepositional phrases in each example, but we will continue to bold all subjects and to underline all verbs

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this lesson, you will be able to

1. Use commas after introductory elements

2. Use commas to surround special phrases

3. Use commas to surround nouns of address

4. Use commas with items in a series

5. Use commas to surround appositive phrases

6. Use commas to separate dates, addresses and geographical places

Suggested Time Frame:  1 week

Online Quizzes:   

Quiz 10A:  Punctuating SIMPLE Sentences I
Quiz 10B: Punctuating SIMPLE Sentences II

ASSIGNMENTS: Your professor may ask you to complete a number of assignments in these grammar tutorials. If your professor wants you to complete these assignments, he or she will have posted them for you in your Blackboard English course.  The assignments for Lesson Ten are Assignment 10A: Writing SIMPLE Sentences and Assignment 10B: Punctuating a SIMPLE Sentence Paragraph. Do not attempt these assignments until you have completed this lesson.

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