Homework
Week of October 4- October 8
All classes
DOL Week 6-
Write and study sentences each night. Test on
Friday.

Advanced English
Comma test on Tuesday covering all 13 rules

English
Comma test on Thursday covering all 13 rules

Comma Rules
1. To separate three or more items in a series
(We had soup, crackers, and milk.)
2. To show a pause after an introductory word
(Yes, you may go to the fair.)
3. After two or more prepositional phrases at the beginning of a sentence
(In the first part of class, we will review.)
4. To set off interruptions (appositives)
( Sue, the girl next door, likes to draw.)
5. To set off names of direct address
(Mom, do I really have to go?)
6. Compound sentences ( and or but)
7. Salutation of friendly letters and closing of
friendly and business letters
8. To prevent misreading
9. Between the day if the week and month (Friday,
October 1) and between the day /the
year/ the sentence (On October 1, 2004, we will
take a test.) Date rule
10. To separate city from state/country and state
from the rest of the sentence. City state
rule.
11. Abbreviated titles after a name
Sally Ride, Ph.D.)
12. Too when too means also. (She, too, is late.
She is late, too.)
13. Direct quotations (inside closing- outside
opening)