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Flashcards in Commas Deck (7)
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1

What is parallelism?

A fancy list that give details about the subject or verb of the sentence

2

3 types of parallelism

Parallelism with prepositions

Parallelism with verbs

Parallelism with adj

3

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.

4

What do all the words in the list have to be

All the same tenses

5

What are the FANBOYS

For
And
Nor

But
Or
Yet
So

6

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

7

Where do commas go when there is a conjunction

In front of it

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