Your task is to identify the purpose of every comma used in the text linked below, using the method that I modelled in class.
The Purpose
If you can clearly see the multiple purposes of the commas used in any piece of professional writing, then you will be in a better position to use commas more effectively in your own writing
On the worksheet, you will
o identify the purpose of each comma using one of the letters from the LUCI acronym
§ use square parentheses and boldface
§ use [NR] for “no rule”
§ consult the “Answer Key to Worksheet for Comma Analysis (Practice)” document in the Learning Materials if you need a quick refresher on what is expected
Worksheet for Comma Analysis (10%) COMM 1002 (Winter 2023) Dr. Prasad Bidaye Name: Life expectancy for Americans has suffered a historic drop in the last couple of years, according to new estimates from the CDC and a June preprint study. While every demographic’s life expectancy dropped in 2020 and 2021, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous communities were hit the hardest. Life expectancy at birth — or how long a person is expected to live if nothing in the world changes — is usually calculated by using death rate data within each age group. Although life expectancy isn’t a prediction of how long a baby born today will live, the drop reveals the scale of untimely deaths during Covid-19. The CDC report and other recent life expectancy research show that the pandemic’s impact has been massive, and its effects may well persist for years. The average life expectancy for all groups has gone down since 2019, from 79 years to about 76. The estimates for 2021 are based on provisional death rates, while data for 2019 and 2020 are final. Because every estimate takes different factors into account, it’s normal that their conclusions slightly vary. In the United States, Covid-19 has affected some communities worse than others. Even pre-pandemic, life expectancies for different demographic groups were highly disparate due to structural factors, such as lack of access to health care. In 2019, the average life expectancy for Black men was 10 years lower than for white women. Covid-19 only made this gap worse. Men also experienced greater loss of life expectancy than women across every race/ethnicity group. As with other demographics, this was likely due to a number of factors, including men being more likely to have jobs that would expose them to the disease, behavioral differences in hand-washing, vaccination rates, and biological factors. Adapted from Why are American lives getting shorter? By Siobhan McDonough (2022) https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/9/7/23339734/life-expectancy-shorter-united-states-covid