Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas With Non Essential Elements
This tutorial focuses on the use of commas in nonessential elements whether they are words, phrases, or clauses. Links to practice exercises are provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Commas
This comma tutorial include 5 slideshows: 1. how and when to use or not use commas, 2. proper use of commas in coordinating clauses, 3. proper use of commas in lists, 4. proper use of commas in introductory phrases, and 5. proper use of...
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Sandhills Community College: The Comma
An excellent and comprehensive guide to the uses of the comma in English punctuation. Includes several uses and several examples. Highly recommended.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Commas With Nonessential Elements Exercise 3
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with placing commas in sentences that have nonessential elements in them.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Commas After Introductions Exercise 2
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with adding commas to introductory phrases in sentences.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Commas With Nonessential Elements Exercise 2
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying essential and nonessential phrases and clauses. Students will complete the sentences and provide commas where necessary.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Comma Usage
This punctuation quiz requires the student to insert necessary commas before comparing his or her version to the possible answers.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Rules for Comma Usage
Here's a site from the Capital Community College to show the correct and incorrect way to use or not use commas.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Introductory Phrases
This online quiz from the Capital Community College is tightly focused on commas and introductory phrases. Ten questions ask the reader to insert commas where necessary, then check the sentence against the website's version. Vocabulary...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Commas Fill in the Blank
This challenging comma quiz uses an actual essay and requires the user to decide whether each blank requires a comma or not.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Comma Splices
An interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Comma Splices 2
Another interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Semicolon
What is a semicolon and how do you use it in your writing? Check out this tutorial to learn more about this punctuation mark in English sentence structure.
Grammar Tips
Grammar and Usage for the Non Expert: Using Commas With Dates
This grammar page begins with examples of how to punctuate dates, then provides the rules that govern those examples.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Semi Colons
This resource discusses two uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each use.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Rules for Use of Commas
Five basic uses of the comma and some other common uses are discussed with an example and a tip after each rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Punctuation
This page provides links to punctuation reference materials for apostrophes, colons, dashes, commas, parentheses, italics, quotation marks, and semicolons.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Comma
This entry focuses on the rules for comma use including listing the uses, explaining the rules, and providing detailed examples.
Towson University
Towson University: Comma Use Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas.
Towson University
Towson University: Comma Use Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas.
Towson University
Towson University: Comma Use: Interrupters and Nonessential Elements Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas with Interrupters and Nonessential Elements.
Towson University
Towson University: Comma Use: Interrupters and Nonessential Elements Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas with Interrupters and Nonessential Elements.
Towson University
Towson University: Comma Use: Interrupters and Nonessential Elements Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Commas with Interrupters and Nonessential Elements.