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Title: Additional commas uses and misuses

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S6-L1

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate, concern in Italy.
2	Clue	Punctuations help end, pause, and emphasize certain sentence parts.
3	Hint	A comma separates a phrase and clause in a sentence.
4	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?
5	Choice.A	Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate, concern in Italy. The sentence is grammatically incorrect because it misuses the comma before "concern." The term "of immediate concern" should not have a comma between "immediate" and "concern."	immediate, concern
6	Choice.B	Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate concern, in Italy. The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the placement of the comma before "in Italy." The phrase "in Italy" is a restrictive element that provides essential information about the location of the hazards. Therefore, it should not be set off by commas.	immediate concern,
7	Choice.C	Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate:concern in Italy. The sentence is incorrect. The colon after "immediate" is misused. A colon is typically used to introduce a list, explanation, or quotation, not to separate parts of a phrase.	immediate:concern
8	Choice.D	Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate concern in Italy. The sentence is correct in terms of grammar as it effectively uses commas to separate items in a list. This adheres to the standard comma usage in English, providing clarity and indicating individual elements within the series of hazards mentioned.	immediate concern
9	Step:	Correct sentence	Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate concern in Italy.
10	Answer	Option	D
11	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate, concern in Italy.

Clue

Punctuations help end, pause, and emphasize certain sentence parts.

Hint

A comma separates a phrase and clause in a sentence.

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Choice.A

Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate, concern in Italy.

The sentence is grammatically incorrect because it misuses the comma before "concern." The term "of immediate concern" should not have a comma between "immediate" and "concern."

immediate, concern

Choice.B

Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate concern, in Italy.

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the placement of the comma before "in Italy." The phrase "in Italy" is a restrictive element that provides essential information about the location of the hazards. Therefore, it should not be set off by commas.

immediate concern,

Choice.C

Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate:concern in Italy.

The sentence is incorrect. The colon after "immediate" is misused. A colon is typically used to introduce a list, explanation, or quotation, not to separate parts of a phrase.

immediate:concern

Choice.D

Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate concern in Italy.

The sentence is correct in terms of grammar as it effectively uses commas to separate items in a list. This adheres to the standard comma usage in English, providing clarity and indicating individual elements within the series of hazards mentioned.

immediate concern

Step:

Correct sentence

Studies and experts have repeatedly suggested that landslides, cloud bursts, flash floods, avalanches, and droughts are hazards of immediate concern in Italy.

Answer

Option

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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