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Comma Usage
You use a comma when you write the date.
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 September 16th, 1810
You use a comma when you write a city and a state. The comma goes in between the name of the city and the name of the state.
Las Vegas, Nevada Los Angeles, California
You use a comma to separate names in a series.
Mary, John, and Robert will work together for their project.
I will take flowers, balloons, and a banner to decorate for the party.
You use a comma when before the conjunction in a compound sentence.
Remember a compound sentence is two short sentences joined by and, but, or or.
Lucia is going to karate classes, and her sister goes to ballet classes. My best friend is Rachel, but Rachel’s best friend is Maria.
I will buy a house in Europe, or I will stay in Mexico.
You use a comma to write an introductory element.
Hi, how are you?
Miss Ale, please give me the white paper.
You use a comma to set off the words “yes” and “no” from the rest of a sentence.
No, thank you. Yes, I will do it.
You use a comma to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence.
It’s true, isn’t it?
You are going to the party, aren’t you?
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