The executive director of a nonprofit, also known as the groupâs chief executive officer, is responsible for developing the nonprofitâs direction and vision. The exact duties of an executive director can vary depending on the size of the organization.
These two sentences can be combined into a compound sentence with a semicolon, appropriate conjunctive adverb, and comma. Like the coordinating conjunction, each conjunctive adverb has an individual meaning; thus, you should use whichever one fits the sense of the sentence you are writing.
(3) Use a comma after an interjection. An interjection is usually a short word inserted into a sentence to express an emotion or feeling. Read more about using a comma after an interjection. (4) Use a comma before a conjunction that joins two independent clauses. Words like and, or, and but are known as conjunctions. Read more about using a comma before a conjunction. Read about the Oxford Comma. (5) Use commas as parentheses to offset a parenthesis. Parentheses are punctuation marks (either commas, dashes or brackets) used in pairs to offset additional information in a sentence (known as a parenthesis).