➰ Commas (speaking) ➰

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✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Round 1. Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...
Round 2. Remove extra comma.
Westminster Abbey [ , ] ✖️ is located in London, England.

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➰ Commas (speaking) ➰

Benefits➕:
➿ Improve your understanding of how to use commas correctly ;
✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Round 1. Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...
Round 2. Remove extra comma.
Westminster Abbey [ , ] ✖️ is located in London, England.

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#RealTeam #Quiz #Writing #30ME #Commas

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🇨🇦 @EngMasters
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_______must join ⤵️
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📍 Round 1️⃣. INSERT THE MISSING COMMAS

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma :

1️⃣ Before the telegraph was invented Europeans used semaphore lines which were a network of towers trat transmitted visual signals across distances.

✅ Answer: Before the telegraph was invented,🔻 Europeans used semaphore lines, which were a network of towers that transmitted visual signals across distances.

ℹ️ TIP: Dependent clauses are followed by commas when they come directly before complete sentences.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

2️⃣ A large storage tank burst and sent a great flood of molasses through the North End neighbourhood of Boston Massachussets on 15 January 1919.

✅ Answer: A large storage tank burst and sent a great flood of molasses through the North End neighbourhood of Boston,🔻 Massachussets,🔻 on 15 January 1919.

ℹ️ TIP for both cases: The state or country name is separated by comma from the city and from the rest of the sentence.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

3️⃣ Vivienne admire the entry in her gran's diary dated Tuesday 5 October. 'We welcomed a little boy to the family' it read in neat penmanship.

✅ Answer: Vivienne admire the entry in her gran's diary dated Tuesday,🔻 5 October. 'We welcomed a little boy to the family',🔻 it read in neat penmanship.

ℹ️ TIP: 1st case — The day of the week is separated from rest of the date with a comma.
2nd case — Quotations are followed by a comma that comes before the names of the people speaking. The quotation's original punctuation determines the comma's location. More info: The gomma goes inside the inverted when it would naturally be there without the inverted comma or if it appears in the original; oherwise, it's placed outside.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

4️⃣ Ms. Hamma said 'Irony relies on a clash between appearance and reality.' She then listed the types of irony: verbal dramatic, and situational.

✅ Answer: Ms. Hamma said,🔻 'Irony relies on a clash between appearance and reality.' She then listed the types of irony: verbal,🔻 dramatic, and situational.

ℹ️ TIP: 1st case — A quotation introduction at the beginning of a sentence is followed by a comma. The comma appears before the quotation marks. 2nd case — Items in a series are separated by commas when the series has three or more items. It is recommended to put a comma before the last item for clarity.

❗️ Insert 3️⃣ missing commas :

5️⃣ U.S. Route 66 was first established in the year 1926 and extends from Chicago Illinois all the way to Santa Monica California.

✅ Answer: U.S. Route 66 was first established in the year 1926 and extends from Chicago,🔻 Illinois,🔻 all the way to Santa Monica,🔻 California.

ℹ️ TIP for all cases: The state or country name is separated by comma from the city and from the rest of the sentence.

📍 Round 2️⃣. REMOVE THE EXTRA COMMAS.

❗️ Remove 1️⃣ extra comma :

6️⃣ Jule Charney was born in San Francisco,🔺 California,🔺 on 1 January 1917. He helped pioneer the use of computers,🔺 to predict the weather in the 1940s.

✅ Answer: Jule Charney was born in San Francisco,✔️ California,✔️ on 1 January 1917. He helped pioneer the use of computers,✖️ to predict the weather in the 1940s.

❗️ Remove 2️⃣ extra commas :

7️⃣ Some 11 kilometres,🔺 below the Pacific Ocean,🔺 there's an area known Challenger Deep. A submersible made the treacherous,🔺 painstaking,🔺 dive in 1960.

✅ Answer: Some 11 kilometres✖️ below the Pacific Ocean✔️ there's an area known Challenger Deep. A submersible made the treacherous✔️ painstaking✖️ dive in 1960.

❗️ Remove 3️⃣ extra comma :

8️⃣ My first personal,🔺 training,🔺 session is Friday,🔺 16 September',🔺 he said. He then thought,🔺 'Maybe,🔺 I'll also meet with a dietician to get a meal plan.'

✅ Answer: My first personal✖️ training✖️ session is Friday,✔️ 16 September',✔️ he said. He then thought,✔️ 'Maybe✖️ I'll also meet with a dietician to get a meal plan.'

❗️ Remove 3️⃣ extra commas :

9️⃣ Named after the Roman god of the sea,🔺 Neptune is the third,🔺 largest planet,🔺 in the solar system,🔺 and it takes 164 years to,🔺 orbit the Sun.

✅ Answer: Named after the Roman god of the sea,✔️ Neptune is the third✖️ largest planet✖️ in the solar system,✔️ and it takes 164 years to✖️ orbit the Sun.