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Where should a comma be placed in the following sentence?
Happy birthday Grandpa!
After the word "birthday"
After the word "happy"
After the word "Grandpa"
A comma does not need to be added to this sentence
Explanation
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!
Where should a comma or commas be placed in the following sentence?
My sister Ali scored the winning goal!
After the word "Ali"
After the word "the"
After the word "sister" and "Ali"
"After the word "the" and "winning"
Explanation
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!
Where should a comma be placed in the following sentence?
No I do not want to go camping this weekend.
After the word "No"
After the word "this"
After the word "not"
A comma does not need to be added to this sentence
Explanation
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.