Grammar Check
Grammar Check: Top 6 Common Comma Problems (Infographic)
The following comma issues are explained, along with corrections, on this infographic: comma splices, interrupters, serial commas, interchangeable adjectives, introductory words, and introductory dependent clauses.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation: Correcting the Comma Splice (English Ii Writing)
Learn proofreading techniques to use in checking for correct punctuation, including correcting the comma splice.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Exercise 4
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Exercise 3
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognizing Run Ons and Comma Splices
Run-on sentences and comma splices happen when a writer isn't careful with commas. Let's see how you do!
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
This entry explains and provides examples of comma splices and fused sentences and how to fix them.
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.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
This lesson starts with the simple sentence and explains sentence parts, independent clauses, types of sentences, coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and sentence errors (comma splices and fused sentences). Links to practice...
Other
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 : Run Ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice identifying run-on sentences, comma splices, and fused sentences.
Other
Punctuation Mark Rules: The Comma
A comprehensive look at the grammatical element "the comma" in English punctuation. Includes several points concerning usage and rules, and provides many examples of correct and incorrect comma usage.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Comma
This page focuses on comma use; it explains the importance of the comma and provides an example of how drastically a comma can change the meaning of a sentence. It also provides links to 38 different pages of comma rules and examples.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Comma Before And
This page focuses on the use of a comma before the word "and." It explains using a comma between items in a series with the use of "and" and before "and" when it is in front of an independent clause. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Between Two Nouns in a Compound Subject or Object
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma by placing one between the two nouns in a compound subject or object. It provides examples of its misuse and explains why it is not correct.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Within a Comparison
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma by separating the two items being compared. No comma is needed before the conjunction in a comparison unless it includes a non-restrictive clause. Examples of both are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Splice
This page focuses on the misuse of commas by using them to connect two independent clauses, resulting in a comma splice. It offers examples and suggestions for correcting them. It also provides exceptions to the rule with examples.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma With Subjects and Verbs
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma when it is used to separate the subject of the sentence from the verb. It provides examples of such sentences and one exception to the rule.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Before Parenthesis
This page explains the proper use of commas with parenthesis: no comma before a parenthesis, no comma after a parenthesis unless it is needed for another reason such as a long introductory clause in a complex sentence, and no commas if...
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.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Comma Between Direct Quote and Attributive Tag
This page explains the comma placement needed between a direct quote and its speaker dependent upon the location of the attributive tag. It includes examples of various tag locations.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma After Question Mark
This page explains how to puctuate a direct quotation that ends in a question mark or an explanation point. If the quote comes before the attributive tag, no comma is needed; if the attributive tag comes before the quote, a comma is...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Exercise 1
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
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