Chapter 1
Information and Ideas
Course: Sat Prep
Subject: Reading And Writing
Chapter: Standard English Conventions 5879 11902
In this lesson, you will learn how to use punctuation correctly to make your writing clear and easy to read. By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Apply punctuation based on grammatical structure.
- Use commas, semicolons, colons, and dashes correctly.
- Use apostrophes and quotation marks accurately.
- Recognize and correct common punctuation errors.
- Revise writing to improve clarity through proper punctuation.
Commas
The comma has five main jobs. Nearly every correct comma in English is doing one of them.
Joining Two Complete Sentences
A comma can join two complete sentences only when one of seven joining words comes with it: and, but, or, so, yet, for, nor.
The pitch had flooded, so the match was abandoned. The kettle boiled, but nobody made tea.