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Iwillnotgooutside,foritisrainingveryhard.
Iwillnotgototown,norwillIwatchtelevision.
Istudiedveryhard,yetIdidnotmakeagoodgradeontheexam.
Ihavefinishedwashingthecar,soyoushouldpayme$10.
Note:
Anextremelyshortcompoundsentencemightnotrequireacomma;
however,forconsistency,wewillputacommabeforethecoordinateconjunctioninallcompoundsentences.
Inthisclasswewillrefertoand,or,butasbeing“pure”coordinateconjunctionsandfor,nor,yet,soasbeing“semi-pure”coordinateconjunctions.Acompoundsentencejoinedbya“pure”coordinateconjunctionmay“flip”(reverse)ClauseAandClauseBandwillusuallystillmakesense.[Johnwenttotown,andJoewenthome.Joewenthome,andJohnwenttotown.]Withthepossibleexceptionofthesemi-purecoordinateconjunctionyet,thisfactdoesnotnormallyholdincompoundsentencesjoinedby“semi-pure”coordinateconjunctions.
2.USECOMMASAFTERINTRODUCTORYDEPENDENTCLAUSES(IDCs).
Anintroductorydependentclauseisagroupofwordscontainingasubjectandaverbthatoccursatthebeginningofasentence.However,thisclauseisnotacompletethoughtandcannotstandalone.Itrequiresamain(independent)clausetomakethesentencecomplete.
Introductorydependentclausesusuallybeginwithrecognizablewords(subordinateconjunctions).Themostcommonwordsarewhen,as,andif.Othercommonexamplesofwordsusedassubordinateconjunctionsthatintroduceintroductorydependentclausesareafter,although,as,
aslongas,because,before,despite,eventhough,nowthat,once,provided,ratherthan,since,
sothat,though,unless,until,whenever,whether,andwhile.
WhenDr.Ellisarrives,Iwillaskhertocallyouroffice.
AsImayhavementionedearlier,thecontracthasalreadyexpired.
Ifyouprefer,wewillhavetheordershippeddirectlytoyou.
Althoughtwomonthshavepassed,westillhavenotheardfromyou.
Beforeyouordersupplies,youshouldcontactourpurchasingdepartment.
Becauseyouareavaluedcustomer,youwillreceiveadiscount.
AfterIstudythereport,Iwillwriteheramemo.
Whilewewerereviewingyouraccount,Inoticedthatyourcontractrenewalisscheduledfornextmonth.
Whetheryouarelookingforaspecificitemorgiftideasingeneral,youwillfindourclerkseagertohelp.
Note:
Mostdependentclausesdonot“trigger”acommawhentheyareplacedattheendofasentence;
however,thesubordinateconjunctionsas,though,andalthoughareexceptionstothisrule.TheseexceptionsarediscussedinRule16.
Thefirstwordinanintroductorydependentclause(IDC)isalwaysasubordinateconjunction.Thisfactdoesnotmean,however,thatthefirstwordofalldependentclausesmustfunctiononlyasasubordinateconjunctionandnothingbutasubordinateconjunction.
Forexample,theword“as”mayfunctionasasubordinateconjunctionorasapreposition(whichwewillstudymomentarilyinRule3c).Examinethefollowingtwosentences:
Asyouknow,Ienjoyplayinggolf.
Asaboy,Ienjoyedplayinggolf.
Theword“as”inthefirstsentenceisasubordinateconjunctionintroducingthedependentclause–asyouknow,....
Theword“as”inthesecondsentenceisaprepositionintroducingtheprepositionalphrase–asaboy,....
Thisdistinctionisimportantinordertobeabletodistinguishclausesfromphrases,which(asyouwilllearn)isnecessaryinordertowritewell,especiallywhenconstructingcompound-complexsentences.[Is“asyouwilllearn”aprepositionalphraseoradependentclause?
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Anintroductorydependentclause(IDC)isstructuredasfollows:
Whenitrains,Istayinmyroom.(Notethecommaafteranintroductorydependentclause.)
Aterminaldependentclause(TDC)isstructuredasfollows:
Istayinmyroomwhenitrains.(Noticethatthereisnormallynopunctuationbeforeaterminaldependentclause.)
3.USECOMMASWITHINTRODUCTORYPHRASES.
(a)Anintroductoryinfinitivephrase(averbprecededby“to”)whenusedasamodifierisfollowedbyacomma.
Togetourproposalcompleted,wehadtoworkforthreemonthsafterclosinghours.
(b)Anintroductoryparticipialphrase(averbformusedasanadjectiveandendingwitheitheredoring)isfollowedbyacomma.
Dressedinblack,themoviestarwasveryeye-catching.
Leavingherumbrellaattheoffice,thesecretarygotwetwhilerunningtocatchherbus.
(c)Anintroductoryprepositionalphraseorphrasesconsistingoffive(5)ormorewordsoranintroductoryprepositionalphrasecontainingaverbformisalwaysfollowedbyacomma.
Aprepositionisawordthatlinksthe“object”oftheprepositiontoanotherwordinthesentence.
JackandJillwentupthehill.(“Up”isaprepositionconnecting“went”and“hill.”)
LittleJackHornersatinacorner.(“In”isaprepositionconnecting“sat”and“corner.”)
Thefollowingareverycommonlyusedprepositions:
aboutbehinddownoffto
abovebelowduringontoward
acrossbeneathexceptontounder
afterbesideforoutunderneath
againstbetweenfromoutsideuntil
alongbeyondinoverup
amongbutinsidepastupon
aroundbyintosincewith
atconcerninglikethroughwithin
beforedespiteofthroughoutwithout
Mostofthetime,prepositionalphrasesdonotoccuratthebeginningofasentence;
however,whenaprepositionalphrase(orphrases)doesoccuratthebeginningofasentenceandconsistsoffive(5)ormorewordsorcontainsaverbform,theprepositionalphrase(orphrases)isalwayssetoffbyacomma:
AtthebeginningofouremploymentwithBrownandCompany,wewererequiredtocompleteatrainingcourse.
Aftergivingconsiderablethoughttoyoursuggestion,wehavedecidedtoadopttheproposal.
Ifacommaisnotneededforclarityfollowinganintroductoryprepositionalphraseoffewerthanfivewords,thecommamaybeomitted;
however,manywritersusecommasafterallintroductoryprepositionalphrasestoavoidhavingtoanalyzeeachsituation.
4.USECOMMASBETWEENTHREEORMOREWORDS(ORRELATEDELEMENTS)INASERIES.
Thelastwordinaserieswillalwaysbeprecededbyeitherofthesetwowords:
and,or.Acommawillusuallybeplacedbeforeandandorinaseries.Someoffices,however,maypreferthatthiscommabeomitted.Usethestylepreferredinyouroffice.Inthisclass(thisoffice),wewillplaceacommabeforeandandorinaseries.
LettersarrivedforMary,Todd,Steven,andJames.
TherearethreesubjectsIespeciallyenjoy--accounting,statistics,andeconomics.
PleasehaveMary,Todd,orStevenpreparethereport.
Pleaseasksomeonetoanswerthephone,sortthemail,andfileallcorrespondence.
5.USECOMMASWITHPARENTHETICALEXPRESSIONS.
Aparentheticalexpressionisawordorgroupofwordsthatinterruptsthenaturalflowofthesentence.Theseexpressionsareoftenusedtoaddemphasisorshowcontrast.Whenremovedfromthesentence,theexpressionsdonotchangethemeaningofthesentence.Parentheticalexpressionsmayoccuratthebeginningofthesentence,withinthesentence,orattheendofthesentence.
Whenthewordorphraseoccursinthemiddleofthesentence,placeacommabeforeandaftertheexpression.Iftheexpressionoccursatthebeginningofthesentence(referredtoasanintroductoryexpression)orattheendofthesentence,useonlyonecomma.Somecommonexamplesofparentheticalexpressionsareasfollows:
asarulefurthermoreinotherwords
forinstanceforexampleofcourse
ontheotherhandinfactneedlesstosay
howevernaturallynevertheless
Idonotbelieve,however,thatitwillraintoday.
Inotherwords,Suewillnotcompletetheaudituntilnextweek.
Idonotbelieve,however,thatthemergerwillbeapproved.
Youwillwanttotakeadvantageofoursale,ofcourse.
Idonotbelieveitwillraintonight.Ithink,though,thatitwillsnowtomorrow.
6.USECOMMASWITHAPPOSITIVES.
Anappositiveisawordorgroupofwords(aphrase)thatexplains,renames,oridentifiessomeoneorsomethingthatimmediatelyprecedesitinthesentence.
Appositivesareusuallysetoffbycommasfromtherestofthesentence.Someexamplesofappositivesareshownbelow:
Hisnewtextbook,BUSINESSCOMMUNICATIONS,hasnowbeenpublished.
Pleaseseeoursalesmanager,SallyStanfield.
Mr.HenryJackson,theSecretaryofState,willdeliverourcommencementaddress.
Appositivesmustgivemorethanyourlocation—theymusttellyouwhoyouare(renameordescribeyou)withanappropriatedegreeofspecificity.Anappositivewillalwaysconsistofmorethanaprepositionalphrase,althoughanappositivemaycontainaprepositionalphrase.
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