Writing Challenge: Correcting Commas

My example sentences:

11) With adverbial clauses: 8) For parenthetical elements:

When I spotted my favorite phrase, "Writing Challenge", in the title of Tara's latest blog, I got so curious to see what this challenge wants us to do.

9) After an introductory element:

To avoid being hurt by the few rude chatters in the EC chat room, you can try the "ignore" button.

10) With sentence adverbs: 7) Before a coordinating conjunction:

Right now, I am both writing a blog post, and listening to the musics on my playlist.

1) In a list: 8) For parenthetical elements:

MyEC has provided you with a comfortable place, where you can do lots of interesting and fun activities, which cover all fundamental English skills - reading, writing, speaking and listening.

2) Between 3 or more adjectives or adverbs:7) Before a coordinating conjunction:

I like photos added by Forget-me-not and Tetyana, since they are bright, colorful, inspirational, meaningful and filled with positive energy.

8) For parenthetical elements: 6) For direct speech:

In one of Nafis's discussions, where she asks about our motto, Dreamy Girl says, "Mine is: Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten."

3) With two adjectives:

In 2012 we are having interesting, informative Writing Challenges.

5) For addresses or dates:10) With sentence adverbs:

On Sunday, December 4th, 2011, in Joe's Cafe, Mr. Essberger started a discussion on an statement- We are all basically selfish.

4) With numbers: 8) For parenthetical elements:

Emilie's group, Let's Speak English, has 2,819 members.

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Comment by Zahra on February 23, 2012 at 21:01: My dearest Tara,

Thank you so much for your kind words. You are always such a caring teacher and friend.

The additional notes were really really useful. I am really thankful to you.

Such a delicate point about essential and nonessential clauses!

I enjoyed a lot. I have bookmarked the useful site you linked.

Thanks.

Have a great time

:)

Comment by Zahra on February 23, 2012 at 20:45: Hi dear De Wan,

That's so kind of you. Thank you so much for the nice, encouraging words.

Have a great time

:)

Comment by Zahra on February 23, 2012 at 20:43: Hi dear Mitran,

Thanks for reading my blog post. Don't worry; just try to write a few sentences. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. After you're corrected by the teachers here, you won't repeat the same mistakes.

Making mistakes along the path of learning is sth ordinary and is not important at all; you'll learn more.

Have a nice time

:)

Admin Comment by Tara Benwell on February 23, 2012 at 15:45

Fantastic! You are so organized, Zahra. I'm so happy you took part in this challenge. Actually, I think you have a good understanding of punctuation. This is one reason why your writing is so enjoyable. Thank you for caring about your readers.

A few notes:

Many people don't use a comma for 1000. (2819) Once numbers get into the tens of thousands, commas are used more commonly (20,000).
Since you are working as an advanced learner, I recommend reviewing commas for essential clauses.