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Choose three ways in which a comma is used as an interrupter.

introductory participial phrases
direct address
list markers
parenthetical expressions
compound sentences
appositives

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A comma is used as an interrupter in the following three ways:

  1. Direct address - A comma is used to separate the name of the person being addressed from the rest of the sentence. For example: "Let's eat, Grandma!"

  2. Parenthetical expressions - Commas are used to enclose phrases that provide additional information but are not essential to the main point of the sentence. For example: "The car, if you can believe it, has over 200,000 miles on it."

  3. Appositives - Commas are used to set off appositives, which are nouns or noun phrases that rename or provide further details about another noun. For example: "My brother, an avid sailor, just bought a new boat."

These uses of commas help clarify meaning and add extra information to sentences.