Commas: Exercise #3

You may want to review the rules in the handout on Using Commas before trying this exercise. When you are ready to try this exercise, put in commas wherever they are needed in the following sentences.

1. The problems involved in this operation are I think numerous.

2. Celene who does not usually tell anyone what she feels said she didn't want to go to the dance.

3. To get tickets for some Broadway musicals one has to order three months in advance.

4. Listening to the radio Jun heard an announcement that Spangler his own dog was lost.

5. I used to live at 16689 Sutton Avenue Milpitas California but we have since moved to 1895 Holland Way Dubuque Iowa.

6. The Valley of the Moon the name of a section in Napa County California is the heart of the state's wine producing area.

7. Chris did not see how he could organize write and proofread this paper in only two hours.

8. By the pilings of the old pier I found four starfish a clam and a sea anemone.

9. Yes Helen did mention that all three of you were coming for lunch.

10. I believe therefore that fraternities are good influences on a college campus.

You can check your answers to this exercise, try the next exercise, or return to the handout on Using Commas.

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