Postby gabriella2013 » December 19th, 2013 4:49 am
Dear Salivia,
This is a big topic, but the basic rules for the use of commas in English are as follows:
1 ) Use a comma to separate the elements in a series, or a list of things.
For example:
"She bought some new clothes, make-up, shoes and a necklace.
2) Use a comma before the conjunctions "and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so" to connect two independent clauses.
For example "He studied really hard, but the exam was very difficult."
3) To separate parenthetical elements of the sentence from the main clause. For example Harry Potter, the famous fiction written by JK Rowling, was a box office hit around the world when it was turned into a film.
4) Use a comma to avoid confusion, in other words, to emphasise the separation of different sentence elements.
For example:
Compare:
"For most the season is already finished.
With:
For most, the season is already finished.
The rules for commas are many, but these are a few tips to get you started. Hope they're helpful.
Good luck!
Kind regards,
Gabriella
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