Step 3: For each of the word groups below, select the choice that uses commas correctly. If the original word group is correct as it is, select "no change."

		1. One way to tell that hats are important to people, and most will acknowledge that they are important, is that many common expressions about hats have become part of our everyday language.
		2. When my roommate Michelle heard I won the school golf tournament, she said "Jenna, hats off to you!"
		3. I soon joined the varsity golf team; and I told Michelle that I just threw my hat in the ring.
		4. However I told her to keep it under her hat because I didn't want everyone to make a big fuss over me.
		5. She was still so excited that I tried to calm her down; I said! "Michelle, hold onto your hat."
		6. The first time I ever played golf was August 18, 1994, and it was a Thursday.
		7. When Uncle Freddie said I had real promise at driving chipping and putting, I felt that was nonsense, so I told him he was talking through his hat.
		8. Uncle Freddie encouraged me to enter golf competitions but I told him he was as mad as a hatter.
		9. Now, even my varsity teammates are telling me that winning the school golf tournament is a real feather in my cap; there being so many excellent golfers here.
		10. Yesterday: Michelle told me, "Jenna, if you don't become the team's very best player, I'll eat my hat!"
		Step 4: Now that you have practiced recognizing the correct use of commas, think about some unusual head covering you have had or seen on someone else. It could be associated with your religion; it could be a fancy football, motorcycle or even medieval knight's helmet; it could also be an Easter bonnet or some other hat you especially loved or hated. Then write a paragraph in the box below describing the head covering and why you feel as you do about it. After you finish, check your paragraph for correct usage of commas, and make any necessary revisions. You may refer to the comma usage information in Chapter 27.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
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