Grammar Grade 11 | Ch. 11, Lesson 83 — Commas in Review

Welcome back to Grammar Grade 11 — a complete, step-by-step walk through every fundamental rule of English grammar a high school junior needs to know. It's built for the SAT, but it's just as much about owning the grammar of everyday writing and speaking for life. The series moves in a clear chapter-and-lesson order, one lesson at a time. CHAPTER 11: PUNCTUATION — LESSON 83: COMMAS IN REVIEW One lesson to pull the comma rules together. Commas do three broad jobs: they JOIN (a comma plus a conjunction in a compound sentence), they LIST (items in a series, coordinate adjectives), and they SET OFF (introductory elements, nonessential information, direct address, dates, and addresses). Just as important is knowing the places a comma must NOT go — no splices, no comma before a compound predicate, no comma between subject and verb. Run every comma through those three tests. What you'll learn • JOIN: comma + conjunction in a compound sentence • LIST: series items and coordinate adjectives • SET OFF: intros, nonessentials, address, dates • Where commas must NOT go (splice, subject-verb, compound predicate) • Plus 6 practice questions Quick checks to remember • Join two clauses? — comma + conjunction • Listing or setting off? — comma • None of these? — probably no comma Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:16 Joining and listing 0:55 Setting things off 1:38 Where commas must NOT go 2:15 The three core tests 2:53 Practice Set 1 3:43 Practice Set 2 4:38 Recap: Commas, all together New lessons follow the course order — subscribe to follow the whole series. #SAT #SATprep #Grammar #EnglishGrammar #Punctuation #Commas #HighSchool