Writing Skills: When to use commas with FOR, AND, BUT, OR, YET, SO, NOR
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Do you know how to use commas? In this lesson, you'll learn simple rules for using commas with coordinating conjunctions. Coordinating conjunctions connect two ideas or clauses in a sentence. We'll look at the most common conjunctions: 'for', 'and', 'nor', 'but', 'or', 'yet', and 'so'. Knowing how to place commas in your sentences will help you to write better, and will make your writing easier to read. This grammar lesson is essential for anyone who wants to improve their English writing. It is especially important for university writing, or if you're taking IELTS or TOEFL. So join me in this fun lesson, and learn to love the comma! And take the quiz on this lesson at www.engvid.com/...
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Fanboy and Comma girl, a love story. By Mr. E. Hi. I'm James from engVid. And you're probably wondering: What the hell am I talking about? Fanboy and Comma... Comma Girl, okay? She's a superhero, and our boy loves her. In case you don't know what a fanboy is because you may not follow comics or movies as religiously as these guys do, I've got a definition for you. So let's just read: What is a "fanboy"? A person who is loyal to a game, person, or company, regardless if it sucks or not. That's not quite true, but what they are talking about is that fanboys love their products. If they love Apple, it is the best the universe has ever produced. And if Apple does something wrong, help them, somebody help them because they will be angry. But generally put, they just love their products so much, they let everybody know about them. Anybody with ears that will listen or who cannot escape from them. All right?
So how does this have anything to do with English and grammar? Well, this is a grammar lesson, and I find sometimes grammar can be incredibly boring, so let's make it a little bit fun. So we created a love story by Mr. E. Now, let's start off with comma. Because what is this lesson about? It's how, well, conjunctions, which I'm going to get to, work with commas and sentences. Some of you might have problems with them, I mean, some of you might even go: "Conjunctions, what are they?" So I'm going to talk about the most common conjunctions, and I'm going to talk about comma usage. Okay? We're going to do a quick lesson, here, and I'll make it fun. You ready?
So the first thing we should talk about is a comma. What is a comma? It's a punctuation mark. When you have sentences, there's a time to take a breath or to complete it. Okay? Now, periods, you may know, end sentences or ends thoughts. A comma sometimes gives us a breath or it gives us a pause between parts of a sentence, or gives you time to catch your breath, or get part of an idea. Okay? We also use it for lists. There's Frank, okay? Frank, Billy, John, Susie, you know, lists. Lists of things. Knives, forks, scissors, dah, dah, dah, and you'll have comma, comma, comma, separating them, keeping them individual. And finally, we can also... Well, there's more uses, but these are general. We can use them for numbers, large numbers. You know this, we can say 1,000, there'll be a comma to indicate 1,000, and two commas to indicate 1,000,000. So largers... Numbers larger than 1,000, you'll have commas somewhere. All right? That's basically what the comma is used for. Three different uses.
So, what are fanboys? Well, I told you they're excited about everything, right? Well, there's a little bit more than that. They're conjunctions. If we look here, I wrote "conjunction", and I put exactly what a conjunction is. It means to join something together. In this case, when we have usually conjunctions, we join two ideas together. If we use a conjunction with a comma, normally you're going to have clauses, and the clauses will be balanced or equal. Okay? Later on we'll go into all of that, but that's what's going to happen when we have usually a comma and a conjunction. You know, there are clauses being used and they're balanced.
But: "What are the conjunctions?" you might ask. Well, let's start off with... These are the basic ones. There are more, but these are the most common ones, and we use this acronym which is a word made up from the first letter of each word so you have something that's easy to remember, and I chose FANBOYS. And in a second, I'll reveal why. "For", it gives you a reason. Why did they do this? Okay? "And" ideas that go together.
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This is what EVERY LESSON AT SCHOOL SHOULD BE LIKE!
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As a native English speaker I can say that even we have trouble with knowing where to put commas so you're not alone. Good luck
+ASMRWhisperLight. and why would a native English speaker watch this?
+xz Because he wants to know how to use commas?
I really can't understand why a native speaker (like you) watch this video ??? ( From Vietnam)
It is not weird or strange at all. Just because you are a native speaker does not mean that you already know everything about the language. Maybe he's studying English writing, who knows. I am not a native speaker, but I already speak English fluently, and I can tell you that I watch this videos because they are useful and are a way to know how to teach this topic to my future students.
+xz I am interested in all languages in general, including English. I have also taught English in the past so I like to keep myself informed.
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+English Lessons with Alex (engVid AlexESLvid) but you can find some cool t-shirts, over their in Canada :p
It is simply wonderful
+English Lessons with Alex (engVid AlexESLvid) I have a question. Can we use 'yet' at the middle of a sentense ???
"James is a stupid man, yet he merried a smart woman"
the best English tutorial i have ever seen
Certainly, this is one of your best videos so far, James! You nailed it!
You are one of the teachers that I will be thankful for him forever
Great video. The Creativity of the person made this video better than it is supposed to be.
Sir…you are a king among men. Your videos are enlightening and elegant, and as a writer I will never not watch them 👏
As always, the best teacher in TH-cam!
Thank you so much man I’ve always had a problem with commas as they’re a real pain to know where they go
Better love story than Twilight.
lol
lol good one
Maddy Crazyclicks lol yes!
I knew I would find this somewhere 😂 .
This lesson is too godly....
I have been speaking English my whole life. You have just helped me a lot
Hey, James, I'm a third-year university student, and this was a fantastic lesson.
I'm doing a Masters of Literature, but my grammar is awful. Thanks for making these videos. They've helped me quite a bit
bro how the fuck are you doing masters in literature if your grammar is that egregious
Learning grammar can be tedious, but this video has made it interesting.
Yes! I am so grateful for your lessons and that I chose yours out of many on TH-cam.
hi James, I just love your videos! I only have one question, I have to write an essay. I had this article about 'How physical fitness may promote school success' and for my exam next week I have to write an essay about it. but I suck at writing essays, I am from the Netherlands btw and I want to become an English teacher. Can you give me some tips & tricks I can use? or someone else here. Thanks a lot btw
Now that's charisma. Thank you!
I used FANBOY and Comma Girl with my 4th graders. Thank you!
Oh my God! You are the greatest English teacher of all who has lived on the Earth!
Most people dont have a clue when to use commas, including myself.
I have confusion about the word "get" please help me. you are a great teacher Mr. James. Your lessons help me a lot to understand English
You are an incredibly good teacher
In English, i think the rules of the use of commas is the same of the latin languages as the Portuguese and Spanish. My problem when I write or speak in english is when I try write or speak as in my language, for a native English speaker what I speak or write can look like strange.
amazing.... your video was completely beneficial wasn't boring at all got me excited
I, think Ive, , got the hang of, ,it.
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What a love story man excellent!!! 🤣😂😁 You made this very easy to remember
Thanks for the amazing video.
But I am little confuse about the comma and semi colons.
Could you please explain that too?
I never had such a wonderful as well as learning experience while studying. He is a nice teacher. Huge respect to him !!
you remind me on of my teachers. I was so much fun watching your video!
You did an excellent job, what a great way to keep it interesting.
Great Teacher!! Thumbs Up Mr. James.
Super helpful lesson!
James I love you, i'm your fanboy haha
TouchDownBoy James I love you; I'm your fanboy.
Jeremy Hansen lol!
Thank you !
Hi James, I want to thank you so much for the great job and inform you that you are my favorite online teacher. Now, I am and English teacher, too. But I still watch you and enjoy your lessons with Mr. E who I love so much. Special Thanks from the Kingdom of Morocco! !!!!!
The fucking worm helps me in class a lot.
Salim
Salim Benjelloun Do you need a comma between 'Now' and 'too'?
Great video i'm studying for a GED and this really helped! ( if bad english so what i just didn't feel like typing everything haha)
You are the best techer
"What the hell am i studying .... suck " but amazing thanks so much Mr E
12:18 you did it again, but now that i look closer i can see "s+v" written to the right.
Hint: you should have brought up another white board briefly, with that S V thing singled out. Too much noise is happening on the board, i didn't notice it before and i doubt many others did.
point is you should have drawn more attention to that part, made it bigger and easier to see. just tips for your next video.
James, your are the best!!!!I loooooove your lessons!
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Hi James, my name is Fabio Silva I'm from Brazil and today discover your channel and liked. I'm beginning student of English nonetheless can understand more of the issues of his classes. Why do I came to study English after twenty years? I have a dream, thank you pastor Luther King. Thank you James for sharing your knowledge with us in English. Jesus bless you!
same
Great man. You teach very well and you're funny too
I have recently learned that the meaning of the word:' for '( a conjunction )is :because. An example: He lost his job, for he got in trouble .I believe that many other ESL students would like to know that.
This helped so much thanks!!
You are so great! Im on the way to be a teacher.
I've spoken English my whole life, yet I never seem to get commas right. (That rhymed🔥)
I always forget where to put them even though I should know these things by now. It's annoying!
I probably have already put the commas in the wrong place or just didn't use enough. I'm playing myself, dude.
Thank you James, I love your Videos !!!
Thanks James!!!
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have a nice explanation
GREAT CLASS!!!!!
Sir, is "or" only gives two choice in a sentence ? How if a sentence gives three or more choice ?
Wonderful.....God bless you
Thank you teacher James!
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James thank you.I've learn so much
I always knew there were others that used scissors as eating utensils. I'm not alone!
Great !!!!!!!!!! Thanks
Thanks for the video, I really needed it :)
Good acronyms easy to remember
I still don't see how that second sentence on the quiz needed a comma. 😐 Someone needs to explain this one. It seems like the end of the sentence is just a dependent clause because it's not asking a question.
Although grammar is usually boring you make didactic, creative and interesting lessons. You are a great teacher James!
LOVE THIS VIDEO!!
I had a lot of fun. Thank You!
Ps: Your shirt is awesome.
You said that using comma with the conjunction AND is optional. What about the conjunction NOR? Is it also optional?
I'm confused with sentence "The offered us a choice of red wine, white wine or beer". Is the sentence has two choice (red wine and white wine as the first choice, and the beer as second choice" or there are 3 choice (red wine as 1st choice, white wine as 2nd, and beer as 3rd choice).
Dude nc video and shirt also (no comma lol).pls make video for begineer transcriptionist plsss i really need it man i dont (where to put comma on my second sentence after the period?) sentence
You are very good at what you do :-)
I enjoyed every bit of this Lesson. I got 10/10. A Jamaican Fan.
Not a good style to make non native speakers understand, focus more no irrelevant stories rather than making students understand, sorry! Try to adapt the style of Adam and rebbaca at ENGVid..
You don't have to apologize. You have a preference for other teachers. However, others have styles they prefer as well. Always remember your opinion is your opinion and that is valid for you, but it doesn't make your opinion a fact.
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Nice lesson, but no commas are needed before and.
Greatest Lesson Of My Life...Thank You!!! lmaooo (super easy/funny way to remember)
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Thank you very much for this lesson Mr. James. hopefully, we see more videos talking about writing skills as much as we need it in our business life :) Thumps Up
ozone layer,which is protected the earth by preventing ultra violet rays coming from sun ,is also affected by pollution . plz can you tell me this is right or wrong sentence
I love it!
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Mr. E, from Nickelodeon’s, Hey Dude? Ok, I’ll stop, this vid is reinforcing the fact that I’m old. As you can see, I need, or could use this info, so thank you. Please edit, if anyone wants. Thanks.
11:35 is the superman not a complete sentence because it's missing a verb? otherwise i don't get it.
if so you could have broken that bit down for others who didn't know that.
He explained what took my a full year in 3rd grade to understand in 14 minutes 😂 👍🏾👍🏾
Comma has a sexier name in Portuguese: vírgula
+João Ferreira (johnypai) comma reminds me of condom (camisinha) heheh
Comma in French is. ....virgule
Hey, Dude. The way you mix grammar, concepts and usage, involving a love story was amazing. It made sense way better than a simple, traditional and boring explanation. That's what a teacher must be like... That's what I have to be focused on... And I will. It's a promise
it's sometimes hard to focus on the topic, when teacher is so charming :D
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Anybody else catch what he said at 10:12 lol
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thank you
Where were you, when i took high school grammer.
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The comma in the last sentence was supposed to go right after the word "cream," not at the beginning of the new line. The way you wrote it might give the wrong idea to your students (the people who watch your videos) that you can do that. And for the person who did the subtitles: it's spelled "ciao," not "chow." "Chow" means "food," not "bye." Excellent explanation though of a grammar concept. Great video. Highly recommend.
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James, thanks my man! I scored a flawless 90-90-90-90 in my first attempt at PTE. Your tips helped me a great deal. God bless! cheers!
I am a bit confused about the example "James has not been to Barcelona, nor has he lived in London." why do you put a comma there when it says "has he lived in London" after "yet"? Doesn't it have to be a complete idea after the conjunction, or does it count as an independent clause with the word "yet" ?
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Since I saw and watched your video back then, I always now click your new vid because I know I would be smiling throughout the lesson. Thanks! I learned a lot while having fun.