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An easy way for students to remember to use commas in these cases is this: If you can drop the second phrase (name or title, depending on the sentence), you must use commas. If you can't drop it, you can't use commas. Undropped = no commas.
Our senior writer, Tara Benwell, will be at booth 313 during the TESOL convention.
Our senior editor will be at booth 313 during the TESOL convention. (correct)
In the example above, we can drop 'Tara Benwell' and the sentence still makes sense and is correct, so we must use commas.
Tara Benwell, our senior writer, will be at booth 313 during the TESOL convention.
Tara Benwell will be at booth 313 during the TESOL convention. (correct)
In the example above, we can drop “our crawler data head writer” and the sentence still makes sense and is correct, so we must use commas.There are a few details that take honey butter toast from downright delicious to sublime. Honey butter toast is pure ambrosia and stands on its own next to even the most elaborate breakfast offerings.Aphids are found on almost all types of plants and some species can cause injury to plants.
Some species of aphids can roll up the new leaves of some types of plants.
Feeding aphids excrete honeydew, a sticky liquid that can cause annoying problems.
Natural enemies of aphids include beetles, flower fly larvae, lacewing larvae, and parasitic wasps.
Exposed aphids can be controlled with insecticides, insecticidal soaps, and sometimes a strong stream of water.
Figure 1: Aphids on the underside of an oak leaf.