Proper Use of Comas and Punctuation By The BeeGees.

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Proper Use of Comas and Punctuation By The BeeGees

What is a coma? a state of deep and often prolonged unconsciousness; usually the result of disease or injury but it can also be.. a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence.

What is Punctuation? The definition of Punctuation is: The marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. Punctuation marks like (.) end sentences and others like (,) act as pauses inside sentences.

comma Examples: The recent hurricane we had affected my uncle, my cousin and my grandmother. Drake avenged his father, Mark, when he was murdered. Joshua was disinterested about whether to date Veronica, Juliana, Isabel, or Cecille. The loss of cars, houses, and money were the effect of the Earthquake in Haiti.

Punctuation In soccer, the last thing Carlos is is uninterested. “I will take revenge on you!” exclaimed, Master Maximilionorsous. The sign read, “proceed with caution” The gypsies were outraged when the pope implied that they were devil worshipers. The Romans preceded the holy roman empire. The man was wrong to infer his wife was cheating on him just because she would disappear from time to time.