2. Job ApplicationMy name is Jane Doe and I am 16 years old.I
have worked as a baby sitter dog walker andpainter. I am still in
high school however I can stillwork on school days. I am a very
intelligentoutgoing person looking to help. I am young but Ican
assure you that your business will not be letdown. 3. Rule 1:Use a
comma after an introductory phrase.WRONG:My name is Jane Doe and I
am 15 years old.RIGHT:My name is Jane Doe, and I am 15years old. 4.
Rule 2: Use a comma to separate items in a series.WRONG:I have
worked as a baby sitter dog walker and painter.RIGHT:I have worked
as baby sitter, dogwalker, and painter. 5. Rule 3: Use commas to
set off non-restrictive elements and otherparenthetical elements. A
non-restrictive modifier is a phrase orclause that does not
restrict or limit the meaning of the word it is modifying. It is,
in a sense, interrupting material that adds extrainformation to a
sentence.WRONG:I am still in high school however I can still work
on schooldays.RIGHT:I am still in high school, however, I canstill
work on school days. 6. Rule 4:A comma should be used to separate
coordinate adjectives. Coordinate adjectives are a series
ofadjectives that modify a single noun.WRONG:I am a very
intelligent outgoing person looking to help.RIGHT:I am a very
intelligent, outgoingperson looking to help. 7. Rule 5:Use a comma
before a coordinating conjunction that joins independent clauses
(unless the independentclauses are very short.WRONG:I am young but
I can assure you that your business willnot be let down.RIGHT:I am
young, but I can assure youthat your business will not be let 8.
For And Nor But Or Yet So 9. Revised Job ApplicationMy name is Jane
Doe, and I am 16 years old. I haveworked as a baby sitter, dog
walker, and painter. I amstill in high school, however, I can still
work on schooldays. I am a very intelligent, outgoing person
lookingto help. I am young, but I can assure you that yourbusiness
will not be let down. 10. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!Jimmy has to buy milk
eggs bread and orange juice fromthe grocery store. Which sentence
is appropriatelypunctuated?A. Jimmy has to buy milk eggs bread and,
orange juice from the grocery store.B. Jimmy has to buy milk, eggs,
bread and orange juice from the grocery store.C. Jimmy has to buy
milk, eggs, bread, and orange juice from the grocery store. 11.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!Jimmy has to buy milk eggs bread and orange
juice fromthe grocery store. Which sentence is
appropriatelypunctuated?A. Jimmy has to buy milk eggs bread and,
orange juice from the grocery store.B. Jimmy has to buy milk, eggs,
bread and orange juice from the grocery store.C. Jimmy has to buy
milk, eggs, bread, and orange juice from the grocery store. 12.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!Which comma rule does this sentence follow? I
have nocoat on, but I still do not have goose bumps.A. Use a comma
after an introductory adverb clause.B. Use a comma after a
coordinate conjunction.C. Use a comma to set off non-restrictive
elements. 13. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE!Which comma rule does this
sentence follow? I have nocoat on, but I still do not have goose
bumps.A. Use a comma after an introductory adverb clause.B. Use a
comma before a coordinate conjunction.C. Use a comma to set off
non-restrictive elements. 14. TRADE WITHANOTHER GROUPAND TAKE
THEIRQUIZ! 15. Donovan, Melissa. "Punctuation Marks: The Comma."
WritingForward. Melissa Donovan, 1 July 2009. Web. 26 Feb.
2012..Peck, Frances. "The Comma." The Writing Center. UniversityOf
Ottawa, n.d. Web. 26 Feb. 2012..SnorgTees. "Comma Chameleon."
SnorgTees. N.p., n.d. Web.26 Feb. 2012. .
