Rules for Using Commas

Each link will take you to a scrambled sentence.  Try putting some words together to make a correct complex sentence.  Be careful with the punctuation! 
 
1. Commas can be used to create compound and compound-complex sentences.

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2. Commas can be used to mark the end of introductory elements such as adverbial clauses and other introductory phrases and clauses.

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3. Commas are used to separate items in a series.

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  4. Commas are used to separate parts in dates and addresses. 

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 5. Commas can be used to indicate transitional words and expressions such as however, also, for example, and many others. 

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6. Commas are used to separate a nonrestrictive relative clause from its noun. 

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