Meet the Comma

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Meet the Comma

[Voiceover] Hello grammarians. Today Paige and I are going to teach you all about your new best friend, the comma.

It is a piece of punctuation that has many many functions.

We're just going to broadly overview them today.

The comma is an extremely powerful piece of punctuation, can do a whole bunch of stuff.

So Paige, what is the most pertinent or important thing that the comma does?

[Voiceover] I would probably say that it is separating sentence elements.

[Voiceover] So that's like its broad super-power...

[Voiceover] Exactly.

[Voiceover] But lots of stuff falls under that.

So it's like it has laser vision but it can not only use that laser vision to boil water, but it can also cut through steel.

[Voiceover] Exactly.

[Voiceover] So this is a superhero punctuation mark.

I'll make that into a C for comma.

So okay, so how is the comma going to save the day today?

How's it going to make our sentences make sense?

What are some of the things that it separates?

[Voiceover] So it can separate elements of lists.

[Voiceover] For lunch I had tofu, spam, and seaweed.

A very Hawai'ian lunch.

[Voiceover] Mm-hmm, delicious.

[Voiceover] So it's separating these elements of this list.

I guess commas can also separate dates.

[Voiceover] That's right.

[Voiceover] So for example, here in the United States, National Blueberry Muffin Day is July 11th, and if we wanted to refer to a historical blueberry muffin day, let's say July 11th, 1981.

[Voiceover] Wow.

[Voiceover] It was the best muffin day ever.

[Voiceover] I wish I could have been around for that.

[Voiceover] Yeah, okay, so a comma can separate lists and it can be used for dates, and we can also set off things at the beginning of sentences, like basically, everything is great.

The comma has a bunch of different functions.

It's this super-useful multi-tool.

It's the superhero of a piece of punctuation.

So we're not going to cover all of that in this video.

The most important thing to remember about the comma is what it does is separate sentence elements.

It can separate clauses, it can separate items in a list, it can separate dates.

Usually, when you're trying to make a separation within a sentence, you use a comma.

So Paige, so what are some things that commas can't do?

[Voiceover] That's a great question.

So, commas can't go at the end of a sentence.

[Voiceover] Okay, so I couldn't be like, I want to go swimming comma.

It couldn't end a sentence that way.

[Voiceover] Right, you need to say something after the comma.

[Voiceover] So this is no good.

Or you have to keep going, like I'm going to go swimming, and then sailing.

And end it with a period, like that.

That's totally fine usage for a comma.

If it's in the middle of a sentence but not at the end of a sentence.

[Voiceover] Right.

[Voiceover] Okay, so commas only go in the middle.

[Voiceover] Yeah.

[Voiceover] So comma separates stuff which therefore means it has to be in-between something.

[Voiceover] Right, there has to be something to the left and something to the right.

[Voiceover] Cool, all right. That's a comma...

[Voiceover] Yeah...

[Voiceover] Wouldn't you say?

[Voiceover] I think we have successfully met the comma.

[Voiceover] Cool, you can learn anything. David out.

[Voiceover] Paige out.

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Meet the Comma발음듣기

[Voiceover] Hello grammarians. Today Paige and I are going to teach you all about your new best friend, the comma.발음듣기

It is a piece of punctuation that has many many functions.발음듣기

We're just going to broadly overview them today.발음듣기

The comma is an extremely powerful piece of punctuation, can do a whole bunch of stuff.발음듣기

So Paige, what is the most pertinent or important thing that the comma does?발음듣기

[Voiceover] I would probably say that it is separating sentence elements.발음듣기

[Voiceover] So that's like its broad super-power...발음듣기

[Voiceover] Exactly.발음듣기

[Voiceover] But lots of stuff falls under that.발음듣기

So it's like it has laser vision but it can not only use that laser vision to boil water, but it can also cut through steel.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Exactly.발음듣기

[Voiceover] So this is a superhero punctuation mark.발음듣기

I'll make that into a C for comma.발음듣기

So okay, so how is the comma going to save the day today?발음듣기

How's it going to make our sentences make sense?발음듣기

What are some of the things that it separates?발음듣기

[Voiceover] So it can separate elements of lists.발음듣기

[Voiceover] For lunch I had tofu, spam, and seaweed.발음듣기

A very Hawai'ian lunch.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Mm-hmm, delicious.발음듣기

[Voiceover] So it's separating these elements of this list.발음듣기

I guess commas can also separate dates.발음듣기

[Voiceover] That's right.발음듣기

[Voiceover] So for example, here in the United States, National Blueberry Muffin Day is July 11th, and if we wanted to refer to a historical blueberry muffin day, let's say July 11th, 1981.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Wow.발음듣기

[Voiceover] It was the best muffin day ever.발음듣기

[Voiceover] I wish I could have been around for that.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Yeah, okay, so a comma can separate lists and it can be used for dates, and we can also set off things at the beginning of sentences, like basically, everything is great.발음듣기

The comma has a bunch of different functions.발음듣기

It's this super-useful multi-tool.발음듣기

It's the superhero of a piece of punctuation.발음듣기

So we're not going to cover all of that in this video.발음듣기

The most important thing to remember about the comma is what it does is separate sentence elements.발음듣기

It can separate clauses, it can separate items in a list, it can separate dates.발음듣기

Usually, when you're trying to make a separation within a sentence, you use a comma.발음듣기

So Paige, so what are some things that commas can't do?발음듣기

[Voiceover] That's a great question.발음듣기

So, commas can't go at the end of a sentence.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Okay, so I couldn't be like, I want to go swimming comma.발음듣기

It couldn't end a sentence that way.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Right, you need to say something after the comma.발음듣기

[Voiceover] So this is no good.발음듣기

Or you have to keep going, like I'm going to go swimming, and then sailing.발음듣기

And end it with a period, like that.발음듣기

That's totally fine usage for a comma.발음듣기

If it's in the middle of a sentence but not at the end of a sentence.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Right.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Okay, so commas only go in the middle.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Yeah.발음듣기

[Voiceover] So comma separates stuff which therefore means it has to be in-between something.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Right, there has to be something to the left and something to the right.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Cool, all right. That's a comma...발음듣기

[Voiceover] Yeah...발음듣기

[Voiceover] Wouldn't you say?발음듣기

[Voiceover] I think we have successfully met the comma.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Cool, you can learn anything. David out.발음듣기

[Voiceover] Paige out.발음듣기

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