University of Victoria (Canada)
Elc Study Zone: Using Commas
Do you know how to use commas properly? Use this website to learn more about these pesky punctuation marks.
Other
The Punctuation Guide: Commas in Dates
Gives a clear explanation, with examples, about how and when to use commas when writing dates.
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Google
Using Commas in Sentences [Pdf]
Students write their own sentences that each includes a series of words to punctuate correctly.
English Plus+
English Plus: Commas in Addresses
Site describes and identifies how and when to use the comma in letter writing. Examples provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Comma in Dates
This page focuses on the use of commas when writing dates; a comma is used to separate the day from the month, and the date from the year. Examples are provided.
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...
Get It Write
Get It Write: Using a Comma Before "And" in a Series
This article discusses the correct use of a comma before the word "and" in a list. In addition to clear explanations and examples, there is a self-test with answers. L.11-12.1a Gram/Usage changes, L.11-12.1b Usage issues
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Unnecessary Comma in a Complex Sentence
Rules and examples for using commas when writing a complex sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Commas After Introductory Phrases
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory phrases in sentences.
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.
Get It Write
Get It Write: When to Use a Comma Before "And"
Follow the clear instructions in this article to make sure that you use a comma before "and" correctly. The page includes a self-test with answers.
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: 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.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Coordinating Conjunctions
An exercise with ten compound sentences. Students are asked to type the commas where they belongs in compound sentences with a coordinating conjunctions. Then students can check their answers to see how they did.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Punctuating Dialogue
This slideshow focuses on how to punctuate dialogue; it explains the rules for quotation mark and comma use in direct speech, when switching speakers, and when a single speaker speaks in multiple, continuous paragraphs. It provides...
Other
Kwiz Net Learning System: 2.17 Punctuation: Friendly Letters
This learning module focuses on the proper punctuation for friendly letters; it includes rules for comma use in friendly letters followed by a practice activity.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Punctuation: Conquering the Comma: Power Point
A PowerPoint presentation introducing common rules of comma usage as well as how commas are used in phrases and clauses.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Is a Comma?
This page explains that a comma is a "soft stop" in writing and provides examples of its use.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Comma
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "comma" in English punctuation.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation
Punctuation is the point of this lesson. You'll learn to put the right dots and squiggles in the appropriate places in your writing. You'll review the conventions of punctuation used in academic English. Then you will apply what you...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.