3190 MG Chapter 11

Is this correct: After some discussion, they headed out to dinner.

What is a single sentence that is composed of what could be two separate sentences?

In general, use a comma after an adverb clause at the beginning of a sentence.

What is the most common type of introductory element found in formal writing?

Is this correct: Later, they headed out to dinner.

Is this correct: After a great deal of discussion, they headed out to dinner.

You must use a comma if leaving it out cold cause a serious misreading of a sentence.

Is this correct: The music is too loud and is giving me a headache.

If a word/group of words at the beginning of a sentence can be moved around then it is probably an introductory element?

What is a word or group of words with no other function except to rename a previous noun or pronoun?

Is this correct: Because it had romance, the movie was exactly what we wanted.

Set off an appositive with commas unless that appositive is essential for identifying the word being renamed.

Place a comma where you could place a period (immediately before the coordinating conjunction).

Is this correct: The music is too loud, and is giving me a headache.

In journalism commas are left out after introductory elements unless it would make the sentence difficult to understand.

Place a comma before a coordinating conjunction that is used to combine two sentences.

Is this correct: A Spanish shiny coin

A comma is always needed before an adverb clause that occurs at the end of a sentence.

Is this correct: I saw a man whom I once dated.

The comma used right before the coordinating conjunction at the end of a list is commonly called what?

What word can you place between adjectives to determine if they are coordinate (and should be separated by a comma)?

Coordinate adjectives cannot be switched around--that is, they will not sound natural if switched in a sentence.

"When I was sixteen" in "When I was sixteen, my father gave me a sailboat." is an example of what?

Use commas with adjective clauses only when the noun or pronoun is sufficiently specific and clear.

Most commonly, the appositive is a noun appearing almost immediately after another noun or pronoun that it renames.

Is this correct: I saw Lincoln whom I once dated.

What is a group of words that acts together to modify a verb?

Is this correct: The movie was exactly what we wanted, because it had action and romance.

Adjective clauses begin with what type of words?

What term refers to adjectives that in the same category?

The origin of the word "comma" is the Greek "komma" which originally meant what?

What acronym helps us to remember the coordinating conjunctions?

Is this correct: A shiny, Spanish coin

Trivia: In what language, according to the book, are commas inverted (curve bottom right to top left)?

What words have the primary purpose of connecting other words?

What part of speech begins an adverb clause?

When might you use a comma to set off an adverb clause at the end of a sentence?

What is a group of words that together describe a person, place, or thing?

Why is a comma used to set off introductory elements?

When the introductory element is a coordinating conjunction, a comma is not normally used.

Is this correct: The music is too loud and it is giving me a headache.

Use commas to separate coordinate adjectives.

Is this correct: The movie was exactly what I wanted even though I hadn't planned on watching it tonight.

Commas are always needed if you move an introductory element to some other place in a sentence.

Is this correct: And, they headed out to dinner.

Is this correct: We invited our local politicians, Hitler and Stalin.

What is a term used to refer to a word or group of words placed at the front of a sentence--before the subject and verb?

If you can rewrite a sentence using only the appositive in place of the noun/pronoun, you've confirmed the appositive.

Is this correct: Because it had action and romance, the movie was exactly what we wanted.

If you do not know reader expectations, the safest approach is to use a comma after all introductory elements.

What determines if an adjective clause is to be set off from the sentence with clauses?

Pretty much everyone agrees that long introductory elements require commas.

There is broad disagreement about whether introductory elements should be set off with commas.

Is this correct: A shiny, new coin

Always use a comma before a coordinating conjunction.

What are words that modify nouns or pronouns?

Is this correct: The music is too loud, and it is giving me a headache.