SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Serial Comma, Exclamation Mark, Independent Clause
17 Apr 2018
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More a matter of judgment rather than rules. It has to have a independent clause before it, but not after it. Only can go where a period can also go. ^ wrong because (cid:498)the contestants were(cid:499) is not a sentence. A comma represents a pause when you"re separating this apart. Don"t use it in essays, it would be yelling at them, seeming desperate or over. Unless there is an exclamation in a quote you"re using. It rained all night, the (cid:498)grass was wet. (cid:499) It rained all night, the (cid:498)grass was wet(cid:499) (jung 137). Even if the quotes ends with a comma, you can change it to a period. The short one (hyphen) connects words, the long one (dash) separates words excited. Square brackets from the same thing, just put the page number. Only last name and page number (no comma) If it"s an exclamation mark or question use that and the period.
