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Where should a comma be placed in the following sentence?
No I do not want to go camping this weekend.
There are many instances when commas are necessary. For instance, a comma goes after words like "yes", "no", "well", etc. if those words are followed by a complete sentence.
Let's look at the sentence from the question:
No I do not want to go camping this weekend.
"I do not want to go camping this weekend." is a complete sentence; thus, a comma should go after the "No".
The correctly punctuated sentence should look as follows:
No, I do not want to go camping this weekend.
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Where should a comma be placed in the following sentence?
Happy birthday Grandpa!
There are many instances when commas are necessary. For instance, a comma is used to separate the person being spoken to in a sentence from the rest of the sentence.
Let's look at the sentence from the question:
Happy birthday Grandpa!
Someone is saying happy birthday to their grandpa. "Grandpa" is being addressed, so it needs to be separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma after the word "birthday".
The correctly punctuated sentence should look as follows:
Happy birthday, Grandpa!
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Where should a comma or commas be placed in the following sentence?
My sister Ali scored the winning goal!
There are many instances when commas are necessary. For instance, a comma is used to separate an interruption in a sentence. The interruption will be details that weren't necessary to the sentence's meaning.
Let's look at the sentence from the question:
My sister Ali scored the winning goal!
Being told the sister's name is an interruption in the sentence. As a reader, we don't need to know that the sister's name is Ali to know that the sister scored the winning goal.
The correctly punctuated sentence should look as follows:
My sister, Ali, scored the winning goal!
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