List three examples of sentence elements that commas can separate.

Items in a list, dates, and clauses.

Correct the following sentence by adding commas where necessary: I need to buy apples bananas and oranges at the store.

I need to buy apples, bananas, and oranges at the store.

A comma is used to separate the day and the year in a date. For example, July 11, 1981.

I enjoy reading, writing, and hiking.

Grade 9th Grade · ELA · 45 min

I can use commas correctly to separate items in a series.

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Meet the Comma | Punctuation | Grammar | Khan Academy

3 key concepts

1
The comma is a piece of punctuation that has many functions, but its broad superpower is separating sentence elements.
2
Commas can separate elements of lists, dates, and set off things at the beginning of sentences.
3
Commas can't go at the end of a sentence; they only go in the middle to separate elements.

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“Write a sentence that includes a list of at least three items, using commas correctly to separate the items in the series.”

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