Commas Flashcards
(7 cards)
What is parallelism?
A fancy list that give details about the subject or verb of the sentence
3 types of parallelism
Parallelism with prepositions
Parallelism with verbs
Parallelism with adj
How do you find where the commas go in parallelism
Look for the end of the phrase
Ex. The American founding fathers created a new nation, fought for freedom, and established a new country.
What do all the words in the list have to be
All the same tenses
What are the FANBOYS
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
How do you fix a run on sentence
You put fan boys to join the two thoughts or use a semicolon
Ex. I bought a new computer it is a PC
I bought a new computer; it is a PC
I bought a new computer,and it is a PC
I bought a new computer, but it is a PC
Where do commas go when there is a conjunction
In front of it