{"id":871,"date":"2013-01-06T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T00:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=871"},"modified":"2021-11-24T10:16:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T16:16:14","slug":"commas-part-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/commas\/commas-part-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Commas with Clauses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rule &#8211; <\/strong>When starting a sentence with a weak clause, use a comma after it. Conversely, do not use a comma when the sentence starts with a strong clause followed by a weak clause.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>If you are not sure about this, let me know now.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Let me know now if you are not sure about this.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule &#8211; <\/strong>Use a comma after phrases of more than three words that begin a sentence. If the phrase has three or fewer words, the comma is optional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>To apply for this job, you must have previous experience.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>On February 14 many couples give each other candy or flowers.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>OR<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>On February 14, many couples give each other candy or flowers. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rule &#8211; <\/strong>Use commas surrounding words such as <em>therefore<\/em> and <em>however<\/em> when they are used as interrupters.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>I would, therefore, like a response.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I would be happy, however, to volunteer for the Red Cross.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz<\/strong><br \/>\nChoose the correct sentence.<\/p>\n<p>1A.Whether my team wins this weekend or not, I will have to go to work on Monday.<br \/>\n1B. Whether my team wins this weekend or not I will have to go to work on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>2A. I will have to go to work on Monday, whether my team wins this weekend or not.<br \/>\n2B. I will have to go to work on Monday whether my team wins this weekend or not.<\/p>\n<p>3A. Beginning tomorrow, I am going to walk a mile every Wednesday.<br \/>\n3B. Beginning tomorrow I am going to walk a mile every Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>4A. I would be interested however in learning more about commas.<br \/>\n4B. I would be interested, however in learning more about commas.<br \/>\n4C. I would be interested however, in learning more about commas.<br \/>\n4D. I would be interested, however, in learning more about commas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pop Quiz Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1A.Whether my team wins this weekend or not, I will have to go to work on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>2B. I will have to go to work on Monday whether my team wins this weekend or not.<\/p>\n<p>3A. Beginning tomorrow, I am going to walk a mile every Wednesday. <strong>OR<\/strong><br \/>\n3B. Beginning tomorrow I am going to walk a mile every Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>4D. I would be interested, however, in learning more about commas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rule &#8211; When starting a sentence with a weak clause, use a comma after it. Conversely, do not use a comma when the sentence starts with a strong clause followed by a weak clause. Examples: If you are not sure about this, let me know now. Let me know now if you are not sure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commas"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5662,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871\/revisions\/5662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}