When are commas normally used? select three options. 1 after introductory phrases and clauses 2 around restrictive phrases and clauses 3 around nonrestrictive phrases and clauses 4 before the conjunction joining independent clauses 5 before the conjunction introducing a dependent clause

The answer to this problem is 1,3, and 4.

I hope that you have a great day.

The aswers are: 1, 3 and 4.

1. After introdutory phrases and clauses: Commas are used in an introduction to inform about who is speaking: Mary replied, 'It's OK!'

3. Around nonrestrictive phrases and clauses: A nonrestrictive clause contains information that is not essencial for the meaning of the sentence, and it needs to come between commas. Paul, who is my teacher, is visiting his mother.

4. Before the conjunction joining independent clauses: He walked all the way home, and shut the door.

postive, comparative, superlative - good, better, best

recall how we defined nouns as words capable of having plurals and possessive endings. adjectives (and their first cousin, the adverb) also have a feature that distinguishes them. they come in three states. first, the raw adjective—in its positive state—merely describes the noun modified; it doesn’t care about how this particular person or thing stacks up against other members of the same noun class

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