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Using Commas In A Basic List
Basic examplanation of how to put commas into a basic list
Date : 05/05/2023
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Uploaded by : Jen
Uploaded on : 05/05/2023
Subject : English
Commas in basic listsI DO:This is a shopping list:Lidl:breadeggscheesemilkpastacarrotsbroccolionionsminced beefchickencoffeesugarcornflakes
If we were to write this as a sentence, we would have to use commas:Lidl:I need to buy bread, eggs, cheese, milk, pasta, carrots, broccoli,onions, minced beef, chicken, coffee, sugar and cornflakes.
NOTICE – before the last word, there is NO comma, just the word ‘and’.
This is the same rule for any list, no matter what things are the list.ØI went to the park, the church, the shop and the museum.
ØGet me coke, cake, chocolate and crips.
ØThe zoo has lions, tigers, bears, elephants, chimpanzees and lizards.
YOU DO:Add in the commas and the final ‘and’:
1. Will you make all of the badges shirts flags posters baseball caps?●2. Climb any hill mountain trail forest path to get fit.●3. Please hold my keys phone watch book pen.
If we were to write this as a sentence, we would have to use commas:Lidl:I need to buy bread, eggs, cheese, milk, pasta, carrots, broccoli,onions, minced beef, chicken, coffee, sugar and cornflakes.
NOTICE – before the last word, there is NO comma, just the word ‘and’.
This is the same rule for any list, no matter what things are the list.ØI went to the park, the church, the shop and the museum.
ØGet me coke, cake, chocolate and crips.
ØThe zoo has lions, tigers, bears, elephants, chimpanzees and lizards.
YOU DO:Add in the commas and the final ‘and’:
1. Will you make all of the badges shirts flags posters baseball caps?●2. Climb any hill mountain trail forest path to get fit.●3. Please hold my keys phone watch book pen.
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