commas when to use them
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4 types of commas:
Listing
Joining
Gapping
Bracketing
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LISTING
A listing comma replaces ‘and’ & ‘or’.
I like fish and chips and peas.
Choose an article from the Guardian
or the Independent or the Times.
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LISTING
A listing comma replaces ‘and’ & ‘or’.
I like fish and chips and peas.
Choose an article from the Guardian
or the Independent or the Times.
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LISTINGA listing comma replaces ‘and’ & ‘or’.
I like fish, chips and peas.
Choose an article from the Guardian,
the Independent or the Times.
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JOININGA joining comma is used to join two complete sentences into a
single sentence, and it must be followed by one of these
Connecting words:
But
Or
While
And
Yet
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JOINING
I ordered a book . It has not arrived yet.
I ordered a book, but it has not arrived yet.
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GAPPINGThe gapping comma is one of the easiest.
It is used to show that one or more words have been left out.
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GAPPING
Jupiter is the largest planet. Pluto is
the smallest planet.
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GAPPINGJupiter is the largest planet and
Pluto, the smallest.
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BRACKETINGThe bracketing comma is the most frequently used comma.
They usually come in pairs, and are used to mark off a weak
interruption of the sentence.
If you were to take this interruption out the sentence it
would still make sense.
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BRACKETING
The book published in 1906 is one of the
greatest masterpieces of all time.
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BRACKETING
The book, published in 1906, is one of
the greatest masterpieces of all time.
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BRACKETING
The part of the sentence in brackets can be taken
away:
The book is one of the greatest
masterpieces of all time.
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NOT SURE?
1. Can the comma be replaced by and or or?
2. Is it followed by one of the connecting words: but, or, while, and, yet?
3. Does it represent the absence of repetition?
4. Does it form one of a pair of commas setting off an interruption which could be removed from the sentence?