Grammar and Language Workbook

26. Uncle Dan offered Mom
 
Dad
 
and me the extra tickets to the boat show.
27. The material Mom chose for the skirt is soft and smooth and warm.
28. Horacio ran into Mark
 
Devin
 
and Khalid at the mall near the music store.
29. The smoke from the campfire curled upward, mingled with the leaves on the
trees
 
and disappeared.
30. The gardener dug the hole
 
placed the tulip bulb at the proper depth
 
and covered it
with a mixture of dirt and compost.

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Lesson 80
Commas with Nonessential Elements, Interjections,
Parenthetical Expressions, and Conjunctive Adverbs
Use 
commas 
to set off participles, infinitives, appositives, and their phrases if they are
not essential to the meaning of the sentence. If they are essential to the meaning, do not
set them off with commas.
He smiled broadly, waiting for teammates to congratulate him. (nonessential
participial phrase)
To go on every one of the club’s hikes is my goal. (As the subject of the sentence, the
infinitive phrase is essential to the meaning of the sentence.)
Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn also takes place on and along the
Mississippi River. (If commas were used to set off the essential appositive, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the implication would be that this was Twain’s only
novel, which is not the case.)
Use commas to set off a nonessential adjective clause, but do not use commas to set off
an adjective clause that is essential.
Madison, which is in the south-central part of the state, is the capital of Wisconsin.
(Which is in the south-central part of the state is extra information.) 
Tourists who are not fond of cold weather should think twice about vacationing in
Alaska. (Who are not fond of cold weather is essential to the meaning.)
Use commas to set off interjections (such as oh and well), parenthetical expressions (such
as on the contrary, in fact, and on the other hand ), and conjunctive adverbs (such as
however, moreover, and consequently).
Well, I guess that’s the end.
I hope we play better tomorrow, however.
 Exercise 1