Using Commas Correctly

Here is one of my favorite people in the world talking about serial commas and the sometimes contentious "Oxford Comma."

There is a rather loud video ad on this page, so you could turn your volume down.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/serial-comma?page=all

Here, again, is Grammar Girl. And, again, threre is a rather loud video ad on this page, so you could turn your volume down.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/oxford-comma-pictures

Identifying Incorrect Sentences (fragments, run-ons, and comma splices)

http://www.wisc-online.com/Objects/ViewObject.aspx?ID=WCN7104

Run-on Exercises

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/run-ons_ex1.htm

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/run-ons_ex2.htm

Fragment Exercise

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/fragments_ex1.htm

Here is a short article about the dreaded and horrible comma splice. You can listen to the article read by the author by clicking the audio near the top.

http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/comma-splice.aspx

Here are online exercises concerning the terrible comma splice:

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/arts/exercises/grammar/grammar_tutorial/page_47.htm

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex1.htm

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex2.htm

Watch out for the loud video ad again!

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/why-commas-matter?page=all

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/607/03/