Question 1

Which comma rule is expressed in this text? Adult cheetahs have spotted coats, but their kittens have silver manes and look like honey badgers.

Accepted Answer

Combine two sentences with a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS)

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Commas separate three or more items in a series

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Commas separate nonessential words and phrases in a sentence

Question 2

Which comma rule is expressed in this text? They love to catch a meal by digging up the burrows of frogs, rodents, and cobras.

Accepted Answer

Commas separate 3 or more items in a series

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Combine two sentences with a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS)

Answer

Commas separate nonessential words and phrases in a sentence

Question 3

Which comma rule is expressed in this text? Since honey badgers have such thick skin, bee stings rarely harm them.

Accepted Answer

Commas separate nonessential words and phrases in a sentence

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Combine two sentences with a comma and a conjunction (FANBOYS)

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Commas separate 3 or more items in a series

Question 4

You can combine two sentences with a comma and FANBOYS. List all of the conjunctions in  order.

Accepted Answer

for and nor but or yet so

Question 5

What clarifies ambiguous (vague or unclear) information in a sentence and should NOT be surrounded by commas?

Accepted Answer

Essential information

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nonessential information

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describing words

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items in a series

Question 6

What question helps you determine if information is essential or not?

Accepted Answer

Which one?

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How is it described?

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What does it look like?

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Why did the author write it?

Question 7

Nonessential information is extra information that is unnecessary to the sentence. Which of the following is true?

Accepted Answer

You must use commas to separate it from the rest of the sentence.

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You need to edit your sentence and take it out completely.

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You should not use commas to separate it from the rest of the sentence.

Question 8

Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly?

Accepted Answer

Honey badgers, one of nature's most skilled diggers, live in burrows underground.

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Honey badgers one of nature's most skilled diggers, live in burrows underground.

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Honey, badgers, one of nature's most skilled diggers live under ground.

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Honey badgers one of nature's most skilled diggers live in burrows underground.

Question 9

Which of the following sentences use commas correctly?

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Beekeepers who live in Africa have to use electric fencing to keep honey badgers out of their hives.

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Beekeepers, who live in Africa, have to use electric fencing to keep honey badgers out of their hives.

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Beekeepers who live in Africa, have to use electric fencing to keep honey badgers out of their hives.

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Beekeepers, who live in Africa have to use electric fencing to keep honey badgers out of their hives.

Question 10

Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly?

Accepted Answer

They aren't stronger than lions, so how do they stop them?

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They aren't stronger than lions so how do they stop them?

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They, aren't stronger than lions, so how do they stop them?

Question 11

Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly?

Accepted Answer

They will attack horses, cows, and even water buffalo if they are foolish enough to poke around a honey badger's den.

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They will attack, horses,cows and even water buffalo, if they are foolish enough to poke around a honey badger's den.

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They will attack horses cows and even water buffalo if they are foolish enough to poke around a honey badger's den.

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They will attack horses, cows, and even water buffalo if they are foolish enough to poke around, a honey badger's den.

Question 12

Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly?

Accepted Answer

Some honey badgers will chase away lions and take their kills.

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Some honey badgers will chase away lions, and take their kills.

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Some, honey badgers will chase away lions and take their kills.

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Some honey badgers will, chase away lions, and take their kills.

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