Commas with NONessential clauses
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Sharon Harris
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Commas with NONessential clauses
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I have three dogs but I say: My dog has a long tail
you ask : which dog?
My dog Snoopy has a long tail.
Snoopy identifies which dog and is necessary to understanding my sentence.
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People don't like to look down from balconies or terraces.
Is this true about all people?
No, so I need to include which people?
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People who are afraid of heights don't like to look down from balconies or terraces.
Now I understand that it is a specific group of people, so the information is necessary to complete my idea.
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But what if I include information that is not necessary?
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NONessential : Not necessary
The sentence still makes sense and you know everything you need to know even without the (group of words) clause.
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Read the sentence. Notice the extra information about Atlanta?
Atlanta which is the capital of Georgia is the transportation center of the Southeast.
Do I really need to tell you it's the capital so that you understand that it is the transportation center??
No, it is extra information and I need to use a comma before and after my extra information.
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Atlanta, which is the capital of Georgia, is the transportation center of the Southeast.
the extra information is set apart using a comma before and after
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One more example before you begin
My mother lives in Escondido, a town near San Diego.
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Ok, just one more before you begin
An insurance executive, Charles Ives wrote music in his spare time.
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Multiple Choice
Edwin Arlington Robinson, an American poet, wrote the simple yet frightening, poem Richard Cory.
these words are not essential and the commas ARE necessary
these words are necessary and should NOT be placed in commas
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Multiple Choice
These sunglasses which Ross took with him only at the last minute did come in handy at the seashore.
Which group of words is NONessential?
which Ross took with him only at the last minute
at the last minute
at the seashore.
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Fill in the Blanks
WRITE the sentence and add 2 COMMAS around the EXTRA INFO.
This paint which cost far too much will not add anything to the room.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
WRITE the sentence and add 2 COMMAS around the EXTRA INFO.
Nelson Mandela the president of South Africa was freed from a South African in 1990.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
Copy and paste the sentence and add 2 COMMAS around the EXTRA INFO.
Our tour guide the young man in the safari hat is a native of Kenya.
Type answer...
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Fill in the Blanks
WRITE the sentence then add ONE COMMA around the EXTRA INFO.
You would enjoy Mesa Verde National Park a place I have visited.
Type answer...
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Last one...
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Fill in the Blanks
WRITE the sentence then add ONE COMMA around the EXTRA INFORMATION.
The actress went to school to school in Nashville the capital of Tennessee.
Type answer...
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