Comma Essays

The Controversial Johannine Comma; Evidence of Trinitarianism or Corrupt Texts: The Johannine Comma, also called the Comma Johanneum, refers to a textual variation of I John 5:7-8. The variation reads, "For there are three that bear witness in heaven: The Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one" (KJV n.d., I John 5:7-8). According to Oxford Dictionaries, the term comma comes from the Greek word Comma, which refers to a short clause rather than a punctuation (Oxford Dictionaries

Rina Morooka Mr Valera Language Arts Compare and Contrast essay on “The poet’s obligation”, “When I have fears that I may cease to be”, and “In my craft of sullen art” The three poems, “The poet’s obligation” by Neruda, “when I have fears that I may cease to be” by Keats, and “In my craft of sullen art” by Thomas, all share the similarity that they describe poets’ relationships with their poems. However, the three speakers in the three poems shared different views on their poetry; the speaker

Thomas Lux’s “The Voice You Hear When You Read Silently” is a poem that speaks about the inner voices that you hear when you are reading. Then it will speak about the words that you remember can trace back memories. Throughout this poem, Lux demonstrates tone, figure of speech, theme, structure, and imagery to make his audience to impart in the message that your own voice truest. When Lux wrote this poem, he wanted his audience to understand the tone of voice that he was speaking with. Lux had

Two elements that any good poet understands and uses well are imagery and figurative language. Both are used in poetry in order to aid the reader in the understanding of the purpose of the poem. “I felt a Funeral, in my Brain” by Emily Dickinson is a great example of the use of imagery in a poem. In contrast, “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath uses figurative language to show the reader what the meaning of the poem is. The two elements are necessary for a poet to have in their arsenal of tools for writing

Considered very significant to numerous people, happiness and external appearances plays a part in themes of various works. Therefore, these themes of people’s happiness and outward looks are usually ones that many people want to experience. Reading works with these themes can allow the reader to view the subject within the author’s point of view. Poems with these themes lets the readers understand the topic through new eyes, and they may even inspire the reader think about what is truly valuable

Comma splices are also another form of common grammatical errors. Comma splices are also called run-on sentences; two main clauses are joined together and attempt to create one single sentence. One of the most common types of comma splice that is considered unacceptable is “a sentence of two independent clauses joined, or interrupted, by a conjunctive adverb preceded by one comma or enclosed by two” (A Few Good Words for the Comma Splice 185). In A&P, there are a few instances in which John Updike’s

not necessary for my education. In my writing 200 class, I have learned how to fix run on sentences, comma splices, fragments, and improve my grammar. I have improved my writing significantly, but I still have some work to do. I have been working on my writing and know I am ready to succeed at the next level because in 200 I learned how to proper use of transitions, and correct placement of commas. I am ready for my next writing class because now I know how to use transitions correctly in the essay

While self-accessing my overall performance in English 111, I would say I have done fairly well. I learned a lot about English and mostly about myself. I learned what I needed to work on and improve. Reflecting on my overall performance, I will start by explaining my participation in class, my performance in two areas, how I transitioned into the role of a college student during the semester, what process I used to be successful in English 111, and my overall skill development. This past semester

knew all the basic rules for using commas, but I could never seem to apply them the right way when writing my essays. My teacher at school, Mrs. Fleming, gave the class several lessons on using commas correctly, and I understood the rules. Every time I wrote a new paper there would be at least five marks on commas. After the midterm, I paid more attention to the way I wrote my sentences and proofread my papers more times than I could count to make sure my comma errors were no longer a problem. With

In the textbook “Patterns for College Writing: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide”, pages 84-86 explain modifiers, parallelism, and when to use commas. Each of these are very important when you are editing and proofreading. To avoid confusion we fix things like misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, parallel sentence structures, and insert or exert commas. Making it easier for the reader to understand the message of the writing. Modifiers are words or phrases that describe other words or phrases in

weekend is for journalists, not scholars." **Commas are tricky and confusing for me. Commas were invented to assist readers, but in some cases, they have to be there. In formal writing, lists require a comma for each item before the conjunction in a series: I had toast, coffee, and a clozapine shake for breakfast. Introductory clauses need commas: As a general rule, graduate-level-library science professors are among the most handsome. Use a comma for transitional expressions: Stop whining, it

three problems, my thesis, grammatical errors, and finding the origin of my word. However, I struggled with having just one thesis, I had two or more sentences that could had been my thesis. In this paper I only had two major grammatical problem, comma splices, and having strong sentences. Finally, my last problem was finding the origin of my word. The word love has many different back grounds. I struggled with finding the correct one. When writing a paper you should always have a thesis. It should

WRITTEN SELF-CRITIQUE Having an Engineering background I struggled more than other students throughout the first part of the Business communication course. However, while practicing with Writing experience in the Cengage learning program I improved my written communication skills and each mistake taught me a unique lesson. During the semester I learned several skills, such as APA style, and the basic structure of a business report or a proposal. Going back through my essays and reviewing the MindTap

pinMode instruction by typing 13 in the parentheses before the comma, and typing OUTPUT after the comma. The void loop function runs in a continuous loop unless the program reaches a line of code with a condition that forces it to break out of the loop. First, the digitalWrite instruction in the loop tells the program to use pin 13 by having that same number in the parentheses before the first comma. By putting HIGH after the comma, the program supplies 5 volts to pin 13 and lights up the LED.

had a better understanding on the assignment rather than going into the assignment guessing if I was doing it correctly I would have gotten a better score than I got. There was some misuse of commas and even commas splices included in the essay. In previous course and now I do not know how to correctly use commas I did not really understand the concept whenever my

which: ‘That’ is a restrictive clause that is necessary to the meaning of the sentence, and no commas are used. ‘Which’ is a non-restrictive clause that adds further information to sentence but is not essential to the sentence, and commas should be used. (APA, p. 83 – book says ‘which’ is sometimes uses as a restrictive clause, but not preferred way. If used as a restrictive phrase, would still use comma for ‘which’ and not for

use punctuation was brilliant. In this essay, Lewis talked about how to use parenthesis, commas, semicolons, colons, exclamation points, quotation marks, and the dash; However, my favorite section was when he was talking about comma usage. What was hilarious about it was that while explaining all the rules of these things he also showed them in his writing, for instance when Lewis was talking about commas he says “If you try to come back after doing a paragraph and stick them in the various spots

“you” into Hazel’s dream because reading the word “you” it gives the reader a higher chance of actually having the imagery of the scene occurring through their eyes and not just Hazel’s. The passages sentences are also reasonably long and most contain commas. These sentences in this passage makes the story seem less intense and serious but more relaxing. If the sentences were short and simple it would make it seem that Hazel was more serious and not as calm as she seems to be. It would also make it seem

word can have to a sentence. Knowing now that I must be careful in how my ideas are presented. I also have improved my documentation skills by activities like our research paper. My knowledge of the English subject has grown by activities like our comma rules worksheet, commonly confused words, and even noredink. Those activities and our class discussions are what made the class work well for me.

progressively worse as the story goes on. The narrator and the speaker’s sanity deteriorates overtime. Although the speaker is aware and accepts her loss of insanity the narrator denies his loss of insanity. In both texts they use excessive amounts of commas and dashes through