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Comma story - Terisa Folaron

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It isn't easy holding complex sentences together (just ask a conjunction or a subordinate), but the clever little comma can help lighten the load. But how to tell when help is really needed? Terisa Folaron offers some tricks of the comma trade.

Harold is going to the prom with Kendra or Olivia.

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Meet The Creators

  • Animator Brett Underhill
  • Educator Terisa Folaron
  • Narrator Julianna Zarzycki

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