Author Question: Tracy is working on her final English essay for school. She has a reputation for expressing herself ... (Read 88 times)

audie · **on:** Jun 23, 2018

Tracy is working on her final English essay for school. She has a reputation for expressing herself well but makes careless punctuation errors, especially with regard to comma placement. To ensure that her comma placement is accurate this time, she should use a comma to separate:

A. the parts of one measurement.
B. two unrelated numbers that end up adjacent to each other in a sentence.
C. a dependent clause that provides essential information, from a main clause.
D. the last adjective in a series of consecutive adjectives, from the noun.

Question 2

A writer should avoid using a comma to:

A. separate a compound predicate.
B. separate a dependent clause that precedes a main clause.
C. set off interrupting elements.
D. separate consecutive adjectives that separately modify a noun.

meltdown117 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
Tracy should use a comma to separate two unrelated numbers that end up adjacent to each
other in a sentence. The comma slows down the reader and makes each number distinct.

Answer to Question 2

A
A writer should not use a comma to separate a compound predicate. A simple sentence with a
compound predicate has only one subject and a compound verb.