Punctuating a Variety of Sentences

On a typical Friday night, you can hear the band playing the school fight song, cheerleaders cheering at the top of their lungs, parents proudly rooting in support of the team and the student body feverishly rooting for their friends.

• remove the comma after night

• add a comma after band

• add a comma before and

• no change is needed

Is there anything that can bring a school, and a community closer than a Friday night high school football game?

• remove the comma after school

• add a comma after community

• add a comma before that

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As the team comes sprinting onto the field one has to wonder if anyone considered the fact that head injuries, specifically concussions, have become such a danger in this game that is loved so much across America.

• remove the commas after injuries and concussions

• add a comma after field

• add a comma before that

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When you take a side on a controversial topic, you need to see both sides of the debate and make an informed decision on which side of the debate to fall.

• remove the comma after topic

• add a comma after decision on

• add a comma before make

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Concussions have been a problem in high school football since the first high school football game was played.

• add a comma after concussions

• add a comma before since

• add a comma after since

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Looking across the field, I hear the coach blow his whistle as a warning to hurry up and I see all the high school football players walking on the field to practice.

• remove the comma after field

• add a comma after whistle

• add a comma after hurry up

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Two players who are star athletes got seriously injured because one player was playing without pads, and the other player was playing in regular shoes instead of cleats.

• remove the comma after pads

• add a comma after players and athletes

• add a comma before instead

• add a comma before because

Football is a dangerous sport for it requires the proper safety equipment to be worn by players.

• add a comma after football

• add a comma after sport

• add a comma after equipment

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Football consists of blocking and tackling for teams to win games.

• add a comma after tackling

• add a comma before and

• add a semi-colon after tackling

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In America, we eat, sleep, and breathe the game of football; at a young age most kids begin watching the game, playing competitively, or playing for fun.

• remove the comma after competitively

• add a comma after age

• replace the semicolon with a comma

• no change is needed