Comma Exercise 2

Instructions
Some of the sentences below have comma errors.  Copy erroneous sentences, inserting the commas where appropriate and indicate which rule governs that use of each comma.  Use the rules listed below to help you.

• Use commas to enclose non-essential modifiers

• That = essential modifiers, no commas; which = non-essential modifiers + commas

• Use commas to enclose non-essential appositives

• Concluding commas go inside of quotation marks

• Concluding commas go after the close-parenthesis [ ...bla), ]

•  Commas separate 3 or more items in a list and are used before the concluding conjunction

• Commas are used between coordinate adjective

• Commas are not used to separate ajdectivals

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1. “If there’s one thing I can’t stand” exclaimed the entomologist, “it’s an uppity dung beetle.”

2. During his career he wore many hats:  amateur beekeeper hypnotherapist and short order cook.

3. Fyodor selected a small computer case.

4.  Honoria asked for two loaves of fresh Dia de los Muertos bread.

5. My father's only sister Aunt Beulah has blue hair.

6. My pygmy African hippo which I bought at Petco has a snarky disposition

7. The El Camino idling in front of the 7-11 had a suspicious look to it.

8. The hippo that bit my dog is missing a tooth

9. The trite lifeless application letter did not impress the jaded grumpy hiring committee.

10. The Zouve soldiers of Battalion 63 whose uniforms were so dapper proved easy targets for enemy fire

11. We ate oysters champagne and paté and went to bed with tummy aches.

12. We bought them a purple free-standing hatrack for their wedding present.

13. We decided to meet in a fortnight (on the twenty-first of July) at which time we would vote on wallpaper for the butler’s pantry.

14. We thought Alphonse would appreciate our little “surprise” but he doesn’t have much sense of humor when it comes to spiders.

15. When we arrived at the campground (at 10:30 at night) we found someone else camping in our site.