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There are basically four occasions when you need to use a comma in your writing:<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01.<\/span>With a coordinating conjunction to join\/separate two independent clauses.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0 (Coordinating conjunctions typically include: and, but, yet, so, for, or, etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDeath shut the door, and the house shuddered in relief.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Two independent clauses joined\/separated without the comma-coordinating conjunction combo are sometimes referred to as comma splices or run-on sentences.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDeath smashed the door down, he went inside.\u201d [splice]<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cDeath smashed the door down and he went inside.\u201d [run-on]<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cTherefore, Death failed his algebra course.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cBecause I could not stop for Death, he ran on ahead to Cincinnati without me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDeath, who once played for the Dodgers, jogged right by me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cDeath, a listless, young reprobate with a predilection for punk rock, reclined on the sofa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHe found Death to be a wearisome, ungainly, disheveled, generally incompetent cribbage player.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cIn preparation for his trip, Death packed a pair of socks, his suit jacket, a bag of Skittles, and a breath of fresh air.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some simple guidelines for comma use There are basically four occasions when you need to use a comma in your writing: \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01.With a coordinating conjunction to join\/separate two independent clauses.\u00a0 (Coordinating conjunctions typically include: and, but, yet, so, for, or, etc.) \u201cDeath shut the door, and the house shuddered … Continue reading “How to use the comma . . .”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teaching.lfhanley.net\/english465sp23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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