Commas_With_Introductory_Elements

Commas With Introductory Elements COMMAS WITH INTRODUCTORY ELEMENTS Using Commas with introductory Elements is a diverse way of giving more introductory to the man point of the sentence. Commas can be used in clauses such as dependent clauses that provide background information or make the way for the main part of the Sentence. For example: a.) If they want to win, athletes must exercise everyday. Or b.) Because he kept barking insistently, we threw the ball for Smokey. These are both introductory dependent clauses, (the main clause.) You can also use them in Phrases. It sets the way for the main action of the sentence, but they are not complete clauses, because phrases don’t have both subject and verb. These are some such as Prepositional Phrases, appositive phrases, participial phrases, infinitive phrases, and absolute phrases. For example: a.) To stay in shape for competition, athletes must exercise everyday. (Infinitive Phrase) b.) Barking insistently, Smokey got us to throw his ball for him. phrases, introductory, sentence, phrase, after, way, prepositional, main, commas, clauses, words, subject, example, elements, element, athletes, appositive, absolute, yourself, verb, smokey, read, participial, must, meanwhile, insistently, infinitive, five, exercise, everyday, dependent, comma