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Use a _____ in a compound sentence, when independent clauses are separated by coordinating conjunction such as ___,____,_____,_____,____,_____, _____ FANBOYS
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comma, for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
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When a _______ clause is located after an _________ clause, DONOT place a comma between the two
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dependent clause, independent clause
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What are some dependent clause markers?
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Because, since, when, while, until, if, as, though, although, unless, after, before, once, whether
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Leave the comma out before a conjunction in a simple series unless the meaning would be unclear
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Don't use a comma if a question mark or exclamation mark is appropriate
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An introductory adverbial phrase or clause use a comma example: after six of years of dating, they finally got married. |
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After two or more introductory prepositional phrases use a comma: example: in the fall of 2007, the stock market dropped 12 percent |
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After a participial or infinitive phrase at the beginning of the sentence: a participial phrase is a word group consisting of a present participle (also known as an -ing form) or past participle (also known as an -en form), use a comma
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Use _______ to set off partcipial phrases located at the end of the sentence that modify some part of the _______ clause
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comma, independent
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Use a comma between coordinate adjectives. Adjectives are coordinate if you can reverse the adjectives and put and between them. |
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