Commas Examples

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Home Search  Glossary of Terms Common Errors FAQs Grammar Chat Download Grammar Checker Commas - Glossary of Terms Commas Commas (,) are used to make sentences less unwieldy.  They are used to mark the divisions in sentences, as may be caused by phrases, clauses or conjunctions.   Commas are also used to separate list items and in numbers to aid reading.   The use of the comma is covered in more detail in the lessons below.

Associated pages:   Commas after a sentence introductions Commas after a transitional phrase Commas after interjections (yes, no, indeed) Commas before conjunctions (and, or, but) Commas for parenthesis Commas in lists Commas with a long subject Commas with numbers Commas with quotation (speech) marks Commas with the vocative case Glossary of grammatical terms

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