a birthday present. 2. Sets off adverbial clauses and phrases that begin or interrupt a sentence. a. I am‚ as you have probably noticed‚ very nervous about this. b. If I win the lottery‚ I will buy a castle. 3. Sets off transitional words and phrases (indeed‚ however) and words that introduce examples (for example‚ namely‚ such as). a. Indeed‚ she always responds to emails from friends. b. Drew can play few musical instruments‚ such as the drums‚ the guitar‚ and the piano. 4. Separates
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When Do I Use A Comma? 1. Use commas before and‚ or‚ nor‚ for‚ so‚ yet‚ and but when they join two independent clauses. Ex. I placed the typed sheet on his desk‚ and he picked it up and read it slowly. I knew he was angry‚ for he rose and stomped out of the room. 2. Use commas between the items of a series. The man looked tired‚ thirsty‚ defeated‚ and sunburned. 3. Use commas between coordinate adjectives preceding a noun. A comma between two adjectives indicates that the two adjectives are
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“manifest destiny‚” to the calls for annexation of Indian territories‚ American’s have always had a sense for acquiring new land. At the start‚ the United States had desired land to meet their growing economic needs; however their motives began to change. Now‚ the United States had become tempted by the idea of emerging as world power and acquiring political supremacy. Americans began to justify this desire as their “moral obligation” to bring democracy and Christ to all nations. The Spanish-American
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Comma Usage Although women’s college basketball in Connecticut is a marvelously entertaining and increasingly popular sport‚ it is not hard to remember when it was not so popular. Only a few years ago‚ my friends and I could decide on a Sunday afternoon to go to a women’s basketball game at the University of Connecticut‚ and believe it or not‚ we could get seats for free near centre court. Of course‚ that was before names such as Rebecca Lobo‚ Jennifer Rizzotti‚ Kara Wolters‚ and Carla Berube
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And‚ Nor‚ But‚ Or‚ Yet‚ So Identify the following as: FRAG‚ CS‚ R-O‚ or C (Frag= fragment/incomplete sentence CS= comma splice R-O = run-on sentence C= correct = no errors) 3. When you see her. You will know why I love her. * Frag 4. Carolyn doesn’t like her first class so she is always late for it. * R-O 5. Three times a week isn’t enough; you have to exercise daily. * C 6. The Savoy Hotel‚ a palace-like structure that sits on the corner of
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COMMA SPLICES & RUN-ON SENTENCES The comma splice and run-on (or fused) sentence are major punctuation errors that can commonly show up in your writing. What do these terms mean? How can you correct or avoid these errors? ► A comma splice occurs when only a comma separates two independent sentences. ► A run-on (or fused) sentence occurs when no punctuation at all separates independent sentences. Let’s start with two simple sentences: Tony is dishonest. He steals hubcaps for a living. Even though
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English is your secondary language‚ you no doubt will be in problems because you won’t have that much idea to write organized writings without any errors. It can get tedious. Errors such as coma splice error‚ Subject- verb agreement error‚ weak thesis‚ weak evidential supports‚ counterarguments and your general style of writing takes the vampire mode and drains all of your confidence out of you as a vampire drains the blood out of you‚ you feels like you are being executed. Those
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September 21‚ 2012 English 1301 Comma Splices and Fragments- LB p 294-300 36.1 -6. The exact origin of paper money is unknown it has not survived as coins‚ shells‚ and other durable objects have. 7. Scholars disagree over where paper money originated because many believe it was first used in Europe. 8. Perhaps goldsmiths were also bankers; thus they held the gold of their wealthy customers. 9. The goldsmiths probably gave customers receipts for their gold‚ and these receipts were then
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role‚ which god telling us reliably what is morally good and bad‚ or motivational role in morality‚ which god providing divine incentives for moral behavior. The logic behind voluntarism and naturalism can be explained using Socrates’ label. Voluntarism argues that something is pious‚ because the god loves it‚ while non-voluntarists argue that something is loved by the gods‚ because it is pious. Voluntarists put strong focus on god’s will that determines what is piety or not while non voluntarists
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I choose the essay ‘In Praise of the Humble Comma’ for our book Refining Reading Writing. This essay mainly talked about the punctuation. The author lists the variety meaning and usage of different punctuation in different cultures and languages. In the essay‚ author provides many examples to show punctuation to us. In paragraph 4‚ there’s an example I quote is “the hot-blooded Spaniard seems to be revealed in the passion and urgency of his doubled exclamation points and question marks (“¡Caramba
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