Editing Opinion Essays
After making big changes to improve your opinion essay, you need to make little changes (editing) to correct any remaining errors. You'll look for problems with sentences, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, usage, and spelling. The following activities will help you edit and publish your writing.
Editing Commas with Intro Words
Place a comma after introductory words, phrases, and clauses in sentences. The comma after introductory material signals that the main part of the sentence will follow.
Here is an example where the comma comes after a word.
Admittedly, many older adults are uncomfortable with new technology.
In this example, the comma comes after a phrase.
First of all, cars have come to rule our lives.
The comma comes after a clause in this last example.
Because art is so important, the School District must keep the art program.
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