SMC219Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Serial Comma, Independent Clause, Rhetorical Question
25 Oct 2017
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Oxford comma: comma before and in list. Comma slice: don"t put a comma where there are 2 independent clauses that can stand as 2 separate sentences. Use them to connect two independent clauses. If you can put a period there, you can use a semicolon. I. e. i walked home; it was raining. Suggests there is a relationship between 2 clauses - something connecting them. Can also use a conjunction to create compound sentence instead of semicolon. Can also use a period as a replacement. Separate complex items on a list - each item may have commas in it. Introduce a list if the phrase in front of it is an independent clause (i. e. we need the following things: ___) Still has to follow an independent clause - to introduce something that isn"t a list. I. e. we all felt the same: elated. What follows is not an independent clause. Ask a question if you intend to give an answer.
