Comma Practice

⚖️ Comma Practice with Justice Gorsuch

Level 1 Score: 0/12
Level 1: Place the Commas
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Instructions: Copy and paste the following excerpt into the box below. Then, add commas to improve the flow and correct the grammar. Submit your answer to see how your version compares to Justice Gorsuch's opinion in Velázquez v. Bondi. If you place 12 commas exactly as he did, you'll level up!

Born in Mexico Hugo Monsalvo Velázquez entered the United States unlawfully as a teenager about 20 years ago. Since then he has made his life in Colorado. There he attended high school some college and met and married his wife. The couple has an 11-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter both U. S. citizens. In 2011 the federal government initiated proceedings to remove Mr. Monsalvo from the country. . . . Mr. Monsalvo responded by appealing to the Board of Immigration Appeals. By regulation that appeal stayed the immigration judge's order. On October 12 2021 the Board issued its own decision. In it the Board rejected Mr. Monsalvo's argument that he would face persecution in Mexico and gave him a (new) period of "60 days to voluntarily depart" the United States "the maximum period allowed by" §1229c(b)(2).
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💡 Tip: Commas matching Justice Gorsuch's appear in green; additional commas appear in blue; and missing commas appear in red. Get all 12 to level up!
🔍 Hint 1: Commas help offset introductory words and clauses.
📅 Hint 2: Commas separate the month, day, and year in dates.
📌 Hint 3: Commas offset nonrestrictive clauses—those clauses that add extra, non-essential details to a sentence.
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Level 2: Is the Comma Required, Optional, or Wrong?
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Children, pets, and magicians might find pleasure in the clever use of such shiny-object tactics.

But, that reformulation of the question presented miscasts Medical Marijuana's argument.

This after-hours motion was not deemed filed until Monday, December 13, 2021, when the BIA was next open to receive filings.

Two officers were shot and killed at an intersection in Cameron, Wisconsin, after stopping a car for a warrant and welfare check on the driver.

Tobacco regulation was largely left to Congress, which enacted various statutes between 1965 and the turn of the century to address the harms of tobacco use.

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