First off, I apologise if I make any howlers in my post. Please can you just confirm I am right as to the point below, or correct me as necessary?
Each week my DS (yr4) has a dictation and spellings. He must learn the spellings and also the grammer in the text. The text is taken from a rather old fasioned dictation book. They are then tested on it a week later and are marked on correct grammer and punctuation as well as the spellings.
This week one sentence was "Come inside and have a nice, slice of pie".
Am I right in saying there should not be a comma after nice? I did point this out to one of the teachers (the other one from the job share, not the one who gave out the sheet). She said oh dear, well I will point it out and it will be marked correct with or without the comma.
So the test was on Monday and DS wrote it without the comma. It was marked incorrect and he was told off. He pointed out that there should not be a comma there but they maintain it is a list so therefore the comma is in the right place. I can't see how it is a list as the noun is the slice. It would be like writing "I have a red, coat", which would be wrong wouldn't it?
So, who is right? Should there be a comma in a "nice slice of pie" or not?
Thank you!
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Help please! School and incorrect use of comma - am I correct before I complain?
Pourquoimoi · 12/10/2012 15:28
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