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Use a colon after the salutation of a business letter.
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Dear President:
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Use a comma after the salution of a friendly letter and after the closing of any letter.
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Dear Mrs. Drogosch,
You are soooo nice.
Sincerely,Lizzy
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Use commas to set off apposotives and apposotive phrases that are not needed to understand the meaning of a sentence.
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apposotive: My best friend, Karen, is really nice.
apposotive phrase: Karen,my best friend, is very nice.
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Use a comma before and,but,for,nor,so,and yet when they join the parts of a compound sentence.
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I like pizza, but I like ice cream better.
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Use commas to separate items in a series-words and groups of words.
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Today I ate pizza,fries, and Ice Cream
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Use a semicolon between parts of a compound sentence if they are not joined by and,but,or,nor,for, or yet
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I like Burger King; Mcdonalds is better though.
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Use a comma after such words as well,yes,no,and why when they begin a sentence.
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Yes, I would be glad to help you.
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Use commas to set off words used in a direct address.
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Katie, you have something on your teeth.
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Use a colon between the hour and the minute when you write the time.
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It is 8:30 p.m.
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Use commas to separate two or more adjectives that come before a noun.
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Alexander had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
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Use commas to separate items in dates and addresses.
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Date: I was born on October 31,1990.
Address: I live at 6412 Emerald Lakes, Troy, MI. 48085
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Use a colon before a list of items, especially after expressions such as The Following and As Follows.
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The people who got 100% are as follows: Katie Smith, Justin Walker, and Julia Brown.
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