Facebook reached a milestone of having 1 billion monthly active users. The CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, said this achievement showed how important social media has become for connecting people globally. While using commas can add extra identifying information, the key information in a sentence should still be understandable without additional details. The document provides examples of how to properly use commas for extra information and introduces different methods for including quotations in writing.
2. The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, said it was an
important achievement for the company.
In this sentence, the extra information (Mark Zuckerberg) is
included in commas. If you take out the extra information,
the sentence still makes perfect sense.
The CEO of Facebook said it was an important achievement
for the company.
Using commas for extra information
3. G-Dragon is a popular singer in Korea.
Many coffee shops sell food as well as beverages.
Chi-Mek is a word used by many young Korean
people.
How would you add your own extra
information to these sentences?
4. In the first paragraph, there are two different ways of
introducing a quotation.
What are the two different ways?
What are the key differences in punctuation between
them?
Introducing Quotations
5. Ask your partner a couple of questions (any topic)
and then write down their answers using both
methods.
My partner said that: .
My partner thinks, .
Ask your partner a question
