Conventions of Composition

Rule: Separate mild interjections with a comma or pair of commas. Separate exclamatory interjections with exclamation-marks.

Examples:

Correct: Wow, that team won by a huge margin.

Correct: Don't go into that haunted house, no.

Correct: Drat! I think I've broken my toe.

Practice punctuating these sentences:

Resources for further explanation of how to punctuate interjections:

Part of Speech's Interjections

Grammarly's Commas

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