IXL | Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases

Correct the text by inserting two commas.

Is it true Donald that you started writing poems and short stories when you were just seven years old?

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Correct the text by inserting one comma.

Oh I didn't know that Uranus has rings and is tipped on its side.

Use commas to separate the name of a person being spoken to from the rest of the sentence.

Thank you, Bella.

Thank you, Bella, for your help.

Use a comma after words like yes, no, well, and many others, when they are followed by a complete sentence.

Yes, that sounds great!

Use a comma after a mild interjection.

Oh, what a stunning sunset.

Use commas around an interrupter, which is a word, phrase, or clause that adds additional, nonessential information to the sentence.

You, of course, may have a different opinion.

Use commas to set off phrases that use the words not or unlike to qualify adjacent text.

Alexander the Great was Macedonian, not Greek.

Tara, unlike Megan, finds chemistry fascinating.

Use a comma after oh, which is a mild interjection.

Oh, I didn't know that Uranus has rings and is tipped on its side.

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