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Title: Additional commas uses and misuses, Colons and dashes, Question marks

Grade Lesson s6-p1

Explanation: In this section, we’ll explore simple examples of the key topic to help you understand each concept clearly.

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Example: 1a

The museum’s open-storage display brings over 500 vintage souvenirs out of attics, desk drawers, shoeboxes, and, museum archives for visitors to view.

Correct sentence : The museum’s open-storage display brings over 500 vintage souvenirs out of attics, desk drawers, shoeboxes, and museum archives for visitors to view.

No comma should ever be used after the word 'and'.

Example: 2a

The young woman smiles at the parrot, it sits calmly on her hand.

Correct sentence : The young woman smiles at the parrot—it sits calmly on her hand.

The incorrect sentence is a comma splice (two independent clauses joined only by a comma). A dash is correctly used to show a close relationship between the two complete thoughts.

Example: 3a

The doctor asked if the patient was feeling any pain?

Correct sentence : The doctor asked if the patient was feeling any pain.

This is an indirect question embedded within a statement.
Although it reports a question, it is not a direct question, so no question mark is used.