Using Commas with Interupters The Rule Use commas to set off elements that interrupt a sentence Appositives and appositive phrases are usually set off by commas Sound simple enough right Appositive phrase ID: 142275
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How Rude!
Using Commas with
InteruptersSlide2
The Rule
Use commas to set off elements that interrupt a
sentence
Appositives and appositive phrases are usually set off by commas
Sound simple enough, right?Slide3
Appositive phrase =
an
appositive and its modifiers
Appositives
Appositive
= a noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or explain
it and are set off by commas.These sort of look like non-restrictive (non-essential) phrasesExample: Paul Szep, the political cartoonist, has won several Pulitzer Prizes.
Restricted Appositives
Restrictive appositive
= an appositive that is so closely related to the word or words near it that it really shouldn’t be set off by commas
.
These sort of look like restrictive (essential)
phrases
Example:
The actor
Joanne Woodward
is married to Paul Newman.