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'''''Follow | '''''Follow these rules and you will begin to use commas correctly.''''' | ||
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: George W. Bush, the President of the United States, will speak tonight. | : George W. Bush, the President of the United States, will speak tonight. | ||
== | == Use commas with date, addresses, tittles,and numbers. == | ||
: On December 31, 1956, Peter was Born. I was born in Columbus, Mississippi, in the 1980's. Bill Barnes, M.D., performed my knee surgery. | : On December 31, 1956, Peter was Born. I was born in Columbus, Mississippi, in the 1980's. Bill Barnes, M.D., performed my knee surgery. | ||
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== Use commas with coordinate adjectives. == | == Use commas with coordinate adjectives. == | ||
''':''' After the NASDAQ bubble burst in 2000 and 2001, the Internent technology companies that remain are no longer the fresh-faced, giddy kids of Wall Street. | ''':''' After the NASDAQ bubble burst in 2000 and 2001, the Internent technology companies that remain are no longer the fresh-faced, giddy kids of Wall Street. | ||
== Extra Practice == | |||
[[http://dailygrammar.com/346to350.shtml Daily Grammer 1]] | |||
[[http://dailygrammar.com/341to345.shtml Daily Grammer 2]] | |||
== Works Cited == | == Works Cited == | ||
Hacker, Diana. ''A Writer's Reference.'' Boston: Bedford/St.Martin's, 2003. | Hacker, Diana. ''A Writer's Reference.'' Boston: Bedford/St.Martin's, 2003. | ||