Commas with Affirmatives, Negatives, and Question TagsUse a comma after yes and no.
Yes, I can help you.
Use a comma before question tags.
Commas with AdjectivesUse a comma if the adjectives are equally important and give similar kinds of information.
It was a cold, windy night.
I was born on a hot, sunny day.
Don't use a comma if the adjectives are not equally important or give different kinds of information.
Note: To check if adjectives give similar kinds of information or not, put and between the adjectives. (It was a cold and windy morning.)
If adjectives give different kinds of information, the and between the adjectives doesn't sound right. (He was a clever and young man.)
Commas with AdverbsUse a comma after these adverbs: however, in fact, therefore, nevertheless, moreover, furthermore, still, instead, too.
Instead, he gave up swimming.
Furthermore, they are my brothers.
If these adverbs appear in the middle of a sentence, they are enclosed in commas.
The comma is optional for the following adverbs: then, so, yet.
Directions: Choose if each of the following sentences is punctuated correctly or incorrectly. Also, write two more examples for each of the punctuation rules given above. As a homework, read a book or a magazine article and find examples for comma usage.