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Adjective and Adverb Phrases- a few things to note so that you do not misplace modifiers [|Adj.Adv. Phrases]

Next, think about how to punctuate prepositional phrases( adjective and adverb):


 * if a prep.phrase is at the beginning of the sentence and has no more than three words, no comma is needed.
 * if a prep. phrase is at the beginning of the sentence and has more than three words or shows two phrases back to back and is followed by the subject, add a comma. If the subject does not follow the prep.phrases and instead the main verb does, no comma is necessary.
 * ex. Over the river and through the woods, Grandma ran wildly. Since Grandma is the subject of the sentence and follows two prep. phrases, a comma is needed.
 * ex. Over the river and though the woods ran Grandma wildly. ﻿In this case, the prep. phrases are followed by the main verb so no comma is necessary.