Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Using commas correctly

Today's newsletter from   About ESL   ( a great website,  and you can subscribe to the weekly newsletter in the top right corner of the website homepage),     deals with commas,   a common difficulty for ESL students.    There are 10 essential rules about comma use.    You can click the image below to go to the actual page.



Commas are a tricky part of English and even native speakers frequently get them wrong.    Oftentimes this is not a serious issue as it does not impact critically on the meaning.   Other times though,  incorrect comma use can result in confusion and miscommunication.

On this webpage,   "Five Most Common Grammatical Errors",  the first error noted is "Comma Splice".  It is important to know about this so that you can avoid making this common mistake.


You can take a comma quiz here  and   here.


You can also take a punctuation quiz here.    (This is actually a great website.)


Try to spend a little time each day or week on improving your English.     Just because you are not studying English or ESL in an actual class,   doesn't mean you should stop learning it.








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