Commas, ellipses, and dashes are very cool punctuation marks. Here's how you use them.
COMMAS , , , often indicate a brief pause.They can be used in lists, lists of adjectives, and linking compound and complex sentences.
ELLIPSES ... ... ... are a set of three periods to create a pause. They should each have a space on either side of each period. They can be used in long quotations to indicate that the part of the quote needed has been used, and the rest need not be mentioned.
DASHES - - - words contained in dashes are sometimes not important to the actual idea. Dashes are used to emphasize ideas
PRACTICE
Choose which of the three would best suit the situation.
1. I need to buy a book a pencil a gallon of milk a birthday card and a body bag.
2. I may have forgotten where I placed my house keys
3. Marley yes the puppy ate my shoe.
4. My good friend the one with insomnia appeared at my door crying.
5. Having a dog is good for the soul increases dopamine levels and overall helps a person's mood.
6. "And so, the turtle won the race, and it was due to his fortitude and perseverance that the hare" one adaptation of The Turtle and the Hare states.
7. I need to find where I left my ledger
8. The ledger with all the names in it is the one I use to keep up with my Etsy account.
9. I hate when people correct me including when they say I'm pronouncing Chinese wrong using my chopsticks wrong or eating fake sweet and sour chicken.
COMMAS , , , often indicate a brief pause.They can be used in lists, lists of adjectives, and linking compound and complex sentences.
ELLIPSES ... ... ... are a set of three periods to create a pause. They should each have a space on either side of each period. They can be used in long quotations to indicate that the part of the quote needed has been used, and the rest need not be mentioned.
DASHES - - - words contained in dashes are sometimes not important to the actual idea. Dashes are used to emphasize ideas
PRACTICE
Choose which of the three would best suit the situation.
1. I need to buy a book a pencil a gallon of milk a birthday card and a body bag.
2. I may have forgotten where I placed my house keys
3. Marley yes the puppy ate my shoe.
4. My good friend the one with insomnia appeared at my door crying.
5. Having a dog is good for the soul increases dopamine levels and overall helps a person's mood.
6. "And so, the turtle won the race, and it was due to his fortitude and perseverance that the hare" one adaptation of The Turtle and the Hare states.
7. I need to find where I left my ledger
8. The ledger with all the names in it is the one I use to keep up with my Etsy account.
9. I hate when people correct me including when they say I'm pronouncing Chinese wrong using my chopsticks wrong or eating fake sweet and sour chicken.
1. commas 2. ellipses 3. dashes 4. dashes 5. commas 6. ellispses 7. ellipses 8. dashes 9. commas
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Choose the punctuation marks that best suit each sentence.
1. Katie an amateur Ghostbuster was interested in the supernatural and the paranormal
2. Elana began to stress and ate lots of shrimp crab and lobster.
3. Her face must I say erupted into pimples.
4. I didn't know you were allergic to chocolate
5. I feel like I need more meaning to life than collecting paper
6. Genie the one from Aladdin was so handsome in the movie.
7. Ellipses the one with the little dots scare me.
8. Dashes are mean
9. Commas are used in sentences lists and descriptions.
Identify the punctuation.
. . .
,
-
.
1. Katie an amateur Ghostbuster was interested in the supernatural and the paranormal
2. Elana began to stress and ate lots of shrimp crab and lobster.
3. Her face must I say erupted into pimples.
4. I didn't know you were allergic to chocolate
5. I feel like I need more meaning to life than collecting paper
6. Genie the one from Aladdin was so handsome in the movie.
7. Ellipses the one with the little dots scare me.
8. Dashes are mean
9. Commas are used in sentences lists and descriptions.
Identify the punctuation.
. . .
,
-
.
1. dashes
2. commas
3. dashes or commas
4. ellipses
5. ellipses
6. dashes
7. dashes
8. ellipses
9. commas
. . . ellipses
, comma
- dash
. period
2. commas
3. dashes or commas
4. ellipses
5. ellipses
6. dashes
7. dashes
8. ellipses
9. commas
. . . ellipses
, comma
- dash
. period