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Often? Yes. But like I said, it is optional, and for the most part, unnecessary and not recommended. Sometimes it's necessary for clarity, emphasis, or when it's in the middle of a sentence. Janet exercised her horse every day and, often, rode out through the pastures and woods . But it's comma-bus...

Carol, you did well.

One extra still there, though. See Part One - colours - coordinate adjectives.

That'll do, Pup, that'll do.

There is another optional one. Same concept as "then."

Oh, Anja, my name is jim and I am a comma-holic, My editors have always accused me of placing a comma everywhere I pause to think. I sense that it may arise out of my soul and mind tending to operate out a poetic, flow of consciousness way. Any suggestions how to cope with this obsessive comma-inse...

Excellent, JesusPuppy!!!!

Delete one.

Add one.

(And there's an optional one.)

But, GREAT JOB!

Excellent, Carol. You need one more comma. (Although it might be considered optional.) There is another optional one. You need to delete one... AND THAT IS MY FAULT>>> GLARING TYPO>>> MY APOLOGIES. I have corrected the original text. Good job catching a few I haven't mentioned yet.

I very much enjoy writing in the present tense. It does lend a sense of intimacy... and seems to me, when I read others' work written in the present tense, that it "involves" the reader in the events, because of the feeling of immediacy. It happening NOW... do YOU hear it? FEEL it? SMELL i...

I am assuming that either you have the previous concepts mastered, or no one knows about this forum, judging by the limited response. I’m hoping today’s lesson will give you something more to chew on. Commas - Part 3 Use a comma to separate independent clauses when they are joined by and, but, or, n...

Also on my list. It's good to know that you're needing what I am planning. No point in wasting time covering topics already mastered.

Irregular verbs and past participles are on the list, too. The unfortunate thing is that most people don't know they have a "problem" with those.

Thanks!

The more I read this sentence the less I like it. Why did I only just realize I used "day" twice? :roll: I think I see the why-for now myself. Without the commas, it sounds like from the day she introduces him, not from the day of his birth? But didn't she introduce him on the day of his ...

Yes, it's on my list...

Thank you.

Any more suggestions? I just hope I can get to them all in a timely manner.

How about a little help commatizing this sentence from a book review I'm writing. I've changed it 3 or 4 times and I'm still not sure... Ms. Petrino-Salter introduces the reader to Joey Parr on the day of his birth, and from that day forward his life plagued by conflict. Should "from that day ...

glorybee wrote:
Let's eat, Grandma! is very different from

Let's eat Grandma!

Commas save lives.

I was just thinking about this example today... and you... haha.

I have a few other ones, too.

Shann, you're absolutely right about the -er and -est endings. I'm sure Ann will cover those when she gets to adjectives in her grammar class, but I'm glad to see them brought up here, too! It never hurts to see those grammar rules repeated. Jan is correct. I'll be dealing with comparatives and sup...

I’m going to keep adding “comma rules” every few days, from the simplest usage to the most difficult. Commas - Part 2 Use commas when writing dates, geographical names, addresses, and titles after names. She was born on March 11, 1889, in Telemark, Norway, and died on September 24, 1970, in New York...