1. Do Not Put Commas Before Compound Predicates! D:< (Tips and Such.)
BY LEXUS R AND DYLAN W!
(PERIOD 2)

2. Independent Clause:
A clause with a subject and a verb, that can stand alone as its own sentence.
Ex. "{She loves to run and does it often.}"
Ex. 2. "{He does not like to shop} but has to."
The pink words are subjects, and the green words are verbs.
The words in {} make an independent clause, and they can stand alone as their own sentence.

3. Compound Predicates:
Two or more verb phrases (predicates) joined together by a FANBOY (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet.)
Ex. "{She loves to run and does it often.}"
Ex. 2. "{He does not like to shop but has to.}"
The verbs both share the same subject, and they are in the same independent clause.
The words in {} make an independent clause.
The predicates are in purple.

4. When to not put a comma:
Before the second predicate in a sentence with a compound predicate in an independent clause.
Ex. Right: “She loves to run and does it often.” Wrong: “She loves to run, and does it often.”
Ex. 2. Right: “He does not like to shop but has to.” Wrong: “He does not like to shop, but has to.”

5. Compound Sentence: A sentence with two or more independent clauses.
Ex. "{She loves to run}, and {she does it often.}"
Ex. 2. "{He does not like to shop}, but {he has to.}"
Both sentences have two independent clauses, connected by a subordinating conjunction.
Independent clauses are in {}.

6. When to put a comma:
Before the second predicate in a compound sentence with two subjects
Ex. Right: “She loves to run, and she does it often.” Wrong: “She loves to run and she does it often.”
Ex. 2. Right: “He does not like to shop, but he has to.” Wrong: “He does not like to shop but he has to.”

7. Subordinating (Dependent) Clause:
A clause with a subject, verb, and subordinating conjunction, that cannot stand alone as its own sentence.
Ex. [Before the game started], {I ran home}.
Ex. 2. {We went to the store} [after we left the concert].
The words in [] make a subordinating clause.
The words in {} make an independent clause.
The words in pink are subjects, the words in green are verbs, and the subordinating conjunctions are blue.
If the sentence starts with a dependent clause, it needs a comma. If the dependent clause is at the end of the sentence then it doesn’t need a comma.

8. Bibliography!
Driscoll, Dana, and Allen Brizee. "Extended Rules For Using Commas." OWL At Purdue . Purdue University, 20 July Web. 28 Oct <
"Language Handbook." Elements Of Literature . Third Course ed. Austin: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Print.
Peck, Frances. "The Comma." The Writing Centre . University of Ottawa. Web. 28 Oct