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Commas with dep and ind clauses

Commas with dep and ind clauses

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English

10th Grade

Easy

CCSS
L.4.2C, L.6.2A

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Sharon Harris

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Commas with dependent

subordinate clauses

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Use a comma when you start your sentence with a dependent/subordinate clause.

a group of words that begins with ONE of the SWABIs or from the list provided.

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When I entered her room in 1953, I had been to six schools in five years.

A COMMA IS PLACED after the subordinating clause

When I entered her room in 1953,

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Sometimes the dep/subordinate clause occurs in the middle of the thought or at the end.

  • The restaurant where we used to eat dinner went out of business.

  • You will learn to speak Spanish if you practice.

NOTE the absence of commas in these two cases

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Let's practice using COMMAS with the SWABIs and other conjunctions from the list.


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Use commas to separate two MAIN CLAUSES

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