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Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by pauses important in

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everyday speech but arguably even more important to video game players who [Boy playing video game]

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really really really need to use the bathroom all right which of the

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following sentences incorrectly punctuated and here are your potential

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answers....we'll give you a hint sometimes commas signal when the [Arrow points to comma in sentence]

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pause in a sentence is supposed to come they're not quite as good at signaling

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pauses in traffic, that's why we have crossing guards all right what does

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option A have to say for itself well this one signals a pause right before Maria [Hand points to comma]

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which is a great place to signal a pause when you're addressing someone

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it's a good idea to signal a pause with a comma right before their name

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whether you're talking to Maria or Queen of England although it should probably

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expect some bowing there too. So A is certainly polite, but not the one we're [Man bows to the Queen of England]

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looking for what about B another comma another great place for a pause

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probably a lot better than the stroganoff too....

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Alright so be is gone what about D well this sentence doesn't have any commas

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but it doesn't really need them Franz's cat may have four paws but sentence

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doesn't have any pauses, all right what about C well you see one comma before

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Hector's address which is excellent so all's well and good with C right? Er not

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quite try reading the sentence aloud yourself unless you're on an airplane [Man speaking out loud on an airplane]

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then you might annoy the guy sitting next to you without a comma after no,

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the sentence is kind of a rushed mess there isn't it well the reason is that

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without the comma at the beginning there's nothing to signal to us that we're

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supposed to take a quick breather no wonder we're out of breath.. [Man takes deep breath]

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We definitely should be pausing there so C's our answer never underestimate the

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importance of a good pause especially when you're trying to finish a video

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game's final level on expert mode after consuming a full four liters of Mountain [Boy pauses game and runs to the toilet]

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Dew

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