E2L - Commas

It’s quite possible that in your native language, you may be used to writing long sentences with very few commas.  In English, long and complicated sentences are cumbersome and often mean that you are unsure about what you want to say.  There is no ideal sentence length, it all depends on how you convey the information.  Commas are often used in sentences to break the information into easier-to-process chunks.

Read through this very helpful presentation on how and when to use commas in English then complete the exercises.

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Now check your answers.  How did you do? Remember to go back and correct any mistakes that you made.

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