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Learning Aid: Print Design
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3
WHEN TO
USE COMMAS
BEFORE FANBOYS
USE COMMAS BEFORE COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS
(FANBOYS) JOINING INDEPENDENT CLAUSES
1
4
3
4
I went to the food court, and I bought fries.
2
1
FANBOYS =
for, and, nor, but, or,
yet, so
2
2 Each CLAUSE must be a complete thought on its own, and it must have a
3 subject and a 4 verb to be independent.
Do not use a comma if one of your clauses does not have a subject and a verb:
I went to the food court and bought fries.
AFTER INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS
WORDS, PHRASES, AND CLAUSES BEFORE INDEPENDENT CLAUSES MUST BE FOLLOWED BY COMMAS.
WORD S
PH R AS ES
CL A U S E S
Unfortunately, I spilled my fries
Not to be wasteful, I followed
Even though they were gritty, I still
as I walked through the mall.
the five-second rule.
BEFORE AND AFTER INTERRUPTIONS
enjoyed my french fries.
Place commas around interruptions
within your sentences.
My snack was, without a doubt , quite pleasing.
The sentence should make sense without the information between the commas:
My snack was quite pleasing.
Jerry, my friend , advised me not to eat food off the ground.
Jerry advised me not to eat food off the ground.
AFTER ELEMENTS IN A SERIES
5
5
6
Crispy, golden fries are my favorite snack.
Use a comma between two or more 5 adjectives describing the same 6 noun.
cris
py
gol
den
I also enjoy soda, hamburgers, and ice cream.
yum
frie
s
frie
s
!
Use a comma between three or more items in a series.
The APA style requires a comma before the and in such a list.
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