P-1J Unnecessary Commas

P-1J Unnecessary Commas

P-1j Unnecessary Commas Edit the following sentences to delete any unnecessary commas. If the sentence is correct as given, write correct. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book. EXAMPLE The Mark Twain Prize for American Humor goes back to 1998, when Richard Pryor won it. Recent winners have been stars such as,I Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, and Ellen DeGeneres. 1. Will Ferrell, the 2011 prize winner, was born in Irvine, California. He earned a degree in sports journalism and, went on to work as a sportscaster on a weekly television show for a while. 2. Ferrell’s impersonations go back to high school, where he made, public address announcements in disguised voices. 3. Even earlier, Ferrell had shown, that his humor could entertain his elementary school classmates. 4. What Tina Fey got in 2010, was more than the Mark Twain Prize itself. In addition, she had the satisfaction of knowing that she was the youngest winner ever. 5. “Well deserved!,” commented one of Fey’s fans on the website of the Kennedy Center, which administers the Mark Twain Prize. 6. A comic who’s considered one of the most influential performers of the twentieth century, accepted the Mark Twain Prize in 2012. The 2012 winner, Ellen DeGeneres, has been praised as a writer, an actor, and a humanitarian. 7. DeGeneres once said, “Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.” 8. On June 22, 2008, the winner of the 2008 prize, George Carlin, died of heart failure. The award ceremony that fall at the Kennedy Center, proceeded without him. 9. “Why is the humor prize named for Mark Twain?,” one might ask. 10. Twain once said, “Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand,” and the recipients of the prize named for him, have proved him right. Name: _____________________________________________________ Class/section: ________________________________ .

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