Question

which words should be followed by a comma, including the oxford comma? select the two that apply.

martys room is messy cluttered and disorganized, so he will clean it this weekend.

answer

• cluttered
• this
• messy

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Commas in a Series and Oxford Comma
Separating three or more items in a list.

Step 1: Identify the list of items

The sentence contains a list of three adjectives describing Marty's room:

1. messy
2. cluttered
3. disorganized

Step 2: Apply comma rules for lists

When listing three or more items in a sentence, we separate them with commas.

• A comma is placed after the first item: messy,
• An Oxford comma (the comma before the coordinating conjunction "and") is placed after the second item: cluttered,

Applying these rules, the list becomes:
"messy, cluttered, and disorganized"

Therefore, the two words that must be followed by a comma are messy and cluttered.

Answer:

• cluttered
• messy