Transcript Chapter 1: Right brain or left brain

USING COMMAS
E32101 CRITICAL READING I
Aj. Thanyawit Wuthisawangwong
Rule 1
Look at this!
One dog one cat two goldfish a bird and
four humans live at our house.
Use a comma to separate the items in a series.
A series is three or more things.
These may be words or phrases (groups of words)
Rule 1
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Practice
1. Every morning I get up early run a mile take
a shower eat breakfast feed my pets and
fight with my wife.
2. Turn left at the spotlight go one block and
turn right.
Rule 2
LookTIME-ORDER
at this!
TRASNSITION SIGNALS
• First, ….
• In the morning, ….
• First of all, …. • In the afternoon, ….
First put
cups
rice into
• Second,
…. four• In
the of
evening,
…. a pan.
• Third, ….
• At night, ….
• Next, ….
• Before an earthquake, ….
• Then ….
• During an earthquake, ….
• After that, …. • After an earthquake, ….
Put
a comma
• Finally,
….after time-order transition expressions.
(***except “then”)
Rule 2
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Practice
1. After that fold the paper in half again.
2. Before an earthquake collect emergency
supplies
Rule 3
Look at this!
Children can chew gum and babies can suck
on a bottle or a
Use a comma after the first part of a compound sentence .
Types of Sentence
A compound sentence
Subject
Predicate
Subject Predicate
.
A hates
simple sentence
2
A simple sentence
1
Kobori
likes fish,
but he
meat.
(an independent clause)
(an independent clause)
Rule 3
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Practice
1. You can swallow hard or you can yawn
several times.
2. Kobori likes fish but Angsumarin likes meat.
This comma may be omitted in very short
compound sentences.
Ex. Dogs bark and cats meow.
Turn left and drive one block.
Self-Grading Exercise1
Rule 4
Look at this!
Because Mexico City is surrounded by
mountains it has a lot of smog.
Use a comma after a independent clause in a complex
sentence.
Rule 5
Look at this!
The world’s population will be more than
6000000000 in the year 2000.
Use a comma to separate thousand, million, billion, etc.
But not in a number that expresses a year,
and NOT to separate dollars from cents or whole
numbers from decimals (use a period not a comma)
Ex. 1995
$99.95
6 = 6.875
Rule 6
Look at this!
December 31 1991 will be the last day of
this millenium.
Use a comma to separate the parts of dates and after
years.
Rule 7
Look at this!
The address of the White House is 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC 20500
Use a comma to separate the parts of an address
EXCEPT between the state and the zip code.
Rule 8
Look at this!
Dear Michael
Dear Mom
Love
Very Truly Yours
Use a comma after the greeting and closing in a personal
letter, and after the closing in a business letter.
Self-Grading Exercise2
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Add commas to the sentences (Not all sentences need them.)
and check whether all sentences are grammatically correct.
Rule 1-4
1. Some students works full time and go to school
part time.
2. For example one of my classmates take six
units and works forty hours a week
3. Because he is also married and has two
children he is a very busy person.
Self-Grading Exercise2
Rule 1-4
4. He works at night attends class in the morning
and sleeps when he can.
5. When he fell asleep in class yesterday we
decide not to wake him up.
6. Scientists believe that animals can think feel
and communicate just as humans can.
7. My dog certainly acts like a human at times.
Self-Grading Exercise2
Rule 1-4
8. For instance when he does something bad
he looks guilty.
9. He hangs his head drops his tail looks up at me
with sad eyes and whines.
10. Later we discover the reason for his guilty looks
but it’s hard to punish him.
Self-Grading Exercise2
Rule 1-7
11. The population of Mexico City is more
than 31000000000 by the year of 2050.
12. Astronomers believe that the Earth is
15000000000 years old.
13. My mother lives in miami florida in the winter
and in denver colorado in summer.
14. When it becomes too hot in florida she moves
to colorado.
Self-Grading Exercise2
Rule 1-7
15. She move back to florida when it gets too
cold in colorado.
16. Her address in florida is P.O. Box 695 miami
florida 33167 and her address in colorado is
3562 State Street Apt. 3-C denver colorado
80210
17. On sunday june 15 1998 I graduate from college.
18. Then on monday june 16 1998 i start looking for a job.