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This comma does not set off a conjunctive adverb because there is no conjunctive adverb used. This comma does not set off an absolute phrase because  Just for fun is not an absolute phrase. 0ACommas that SeparateCorrect! This comma is used to set off a contrast. The clause  I tried as hard as I could to hit the ball is in contrast to  but I missed . This sentence also uses the contrast word  but . This comma is not after an introductory dependent clause because  I tried as hard as I could to hit the ball is the main part of the sentence. It has the subject and the verb and can stand on its own as a complete sentence. This comma is not after a conjunctive adverb because there is no conjunctive adverb in this sentence. This comma does not set off an absolute phrase because there is no absolute phrase in this sentence. This comma is not after an introductory phrase because the sentence begins with the subject of the independent clause.$Commas that Separate\Correct. This comma is used after the conjunctive adverb  Nevertheless at the beginning of the sentence. This comma is not used after an introductory dependent clause because  Nevertheless does not have a subject or a verb to make it a clause. This one may have been tricky, but this comma is not used to set off a contrast because it is 2 complete sentences and  Nevertheless is a conjunctive adverb word. This comma does not set off an absolute phrase because  Nevertheless does not have the noun and participle form that an absolute phrase takes. This comma is not used after an introductory phrase because of more than three words because  Nevertheless is a conjunctive adverb.jECommas that SeparateCorrect. This comma is used after an introductory dependent clause. The clause starts with the word  After and has a subject  I and a verb  hit . This clause cannot stand on its own as a complete sentence. This clause does not set off a contrast because there is no contrast word such as  despite ,  but , or  though after the comma. The subject of the independent clause follows the comma. This comma is not used after a conjunctive adverb because there is no conjunctive adverb in this sentence. This comma does not set off an absolute phrase because there is no absolute phrase in this sentence. This comma is not used after an introductory phrase of more than three words because the sentence uses a full dependent clause to introduce the sentence.%d Commas that Separate^Correct. Nice work. The comma separates the absolute phrase  My hands blistered from  we finally put the golf clubs away .  My hands blistered has the correct absolute phrase form of a noun and a participle describing the noun. The comma does not go after  we because we is the subject and does not belong with the introductory part of the sentence. The comma does not belong after  clubs because you do not generally need a comma when you put an adverb (away) at the end of the sentence. This adverb answers the question  Where did you put the clubs? .0H!Commas that Separate,Correct. This comma separates the contrasting parts of the sentence  I thought I was going to hate learning to golf and  but didn t . It also contains the contrast word  but . The comma does not belong after  I thought because we do not want to pause before we find out what I thought. The comma does not go after  learning because we do not want a pause in the middle of what we are learning to do. "Commas that SeparateCorrect. The comma goes after the introductory dependent clause  Because I secretly had a good time . This dependent clause starts with  Because , is at the beginning of the sentence, and has both a subject and a verb. The comma does not belong after  Because because we need to include the whole dependent clause before the comma. 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