Review: Using Commas, Dashes, and Ellipses

Which of the following options shows correct use of a comma for direct address?

• Let's, eat Grandma!

• Let's eat, Grandma!

Which of the following options shows correct use of commas for direct address?

• I asked you, Patrick, to feed my pet while I was gone.

• I asked, you Patrick to, feed my pet while I was gone.

Where should ONE comma be added to the following sentence:

No I didn't order these tater tots.

• No, I didn't order these tater tots.

• No I didn't order these tater, tots.

Where should ONE comma be added to the following sentence:

Huh I guess I was wrong after all.

• Huh I guess I was, wrong after all.

• Huh, I guess I was wrong after all.

Where should ONE comma be added to the following sentence:

Wow you know it was a great nap when you have no idea if it's day or night when you wake up.

• Wow you know it was a great nap when you have no idea if it's day, or night when you wake up.

• Wow, you know it was a great nap when you have no idea if it's day or night when you wake up.

Where should TWO commas be added to the following sentence:

Our teacher announced much to our surprise that the test was cancelled.

• Our teacher announced, much to our surprise, that the test was cancelled.

• Our, teacher announced, much to our surprise that the test was cancelled.

Where should TWO commas be added to the following sentence:

My dog as usual began barking uncontrollably as soon as the doorbell rang.

• My dog, as usual, began barking uncontrollably as soon as the doorbell rang.

• My dog as usual, began barking uncontrollably, as soon as the doorbell rang.

Which sentence correctly uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives?

• Coffee trees are covered in wide glossy, leaves.

• Coffee trees are covered in wide, glossy leaves.

Which sentence correctly uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives?

• The student wrote a, well-organized eloquent essay.

• The student wrote a well-organized, eloquent essay.

Which sentence correctly uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives?

• If I could choose any vacation spot I wanted, it would definitely be somewhere in a beautiful, beachfront location.

• If I could choose any vacation spot I wanted, it would definitely, be somewhere in a beautiful beachfront location.