On a side note, you should only use the word, that, to introduce essential clauses to be grammatically correct. You can remove nonessential clauses without distorting the meaning of the sentence. That brings us to the comma before such as question. Using a comma with the phrase, such as, depends on whether or not it introduces an essential or nonessential clause.
That may sound easier than it looks because it relies on understanding the overall concept. The problem is that a grammar checker might not flag this type of error. Foods are my favorite meals. Well, it may be true, but certainly, the context is lost with the removal of the clause. High or tall? Historic or historical?
House or home? How is …? If or when? If or whether? Ill or sick? Imply or infer? In the way or on the way? Late or lately? Lay or lie? Lend or borrow? Less or fewer? Look at , see or watch? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be? Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened?
Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of? Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy?
Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell? So that or in order that? Sometimes or sometime? Sound or noise?
Speak or talk? Such or so? Be sure, however, that the name is that of someone actually being spoken to. A separate section on Vocatives , the various forms that a parenthetical element related to an addressed person's name can take, is also available. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives. You could think of this as "That tall, distinguished, good looking fellow" rule as opposed to "the little old lady".
If you can put an and or a but between the adjectives, a comma will probably belong there. For instance, you could say, "He is a tall and distinguished fellow" or "I live in a very old and run-down house. Use a comma to set off quoted elements. Because we don't use quoted material all the time, even when writing, this is probably the most difficult rule to remember in comma usage.
It is a good idea to find a page from an article that uses several quotations, photocopy that page, and keep it in front of you as a model when you're writing. Generally, use a comma to separate quoted material from the rest of the sentence that explains or introduces the quotation:. If an attribution of a quoted element comes in the middle of the quotation, two commas will be required. But be careful not to create a comma splice in so doing. Be careful not to use commas to set off quoted elements introduced by the word that or quoted elements that are embedded in a larger structure:.
And, instead of a comma, use a colon to set off explanatory or introductory language from a quoted element that is either very formal or long especially if it's longer than one sentence :. Some writers will leave out the comma that sets off a contrasting phrase beginning with but. Use a comma to avoid confusion. This is often a matter of consistently applying rule 3. Outside the lawn was cluttered with hundreds of broken branches. Outside , the lawn was cluttered with hundreds of broken branches.
I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out. Grammar English's Famous Rule of Punctuation: Never use only one comma between a subject and its verb. That means the commas are necessary. A grammar guru, style editor, and writing mentor in one package. Try it for free! This is another common question from practitioners of our titular phrase.
Like our other examples, this will depend on the construction of the sentence in question. That sentence still functions, so you know the drill. Just don't put a comma after "such as. However, they do not. I live in New York State, dear reader, so I can tell you from firsthand experience: we definitely have sales tax. Also, notice that it's a restrictive clause, so no commas are needed. The New Oxford American Dictionary describes the distinction well:. Just try this sentence:.
Yes, this sentence sounds fancy. Just note that in the second example the commas make the statement parenthetical, which therefore de-emphasizes poor Batman. Kyle A. Massa is the author of the short fiction collection Monsters at Dusk and the novel Gerald Barkley Rocks.
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