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Punctuation and The Comma Help
The Comma The comma is the most misused punctuation mark. Since there are so many comma rules, it is understandable why people become confused about their use. Commas are supposed to help clarify sentences and note the logical pauses. Speaking of clarifying, how ...
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Punctuation Practice
Punctuation Practice Find and correct the punctuation errors in each of the following sentences. John my friend will march at the wedding "I would like to pay for everyone's expenses but I can't" Mona ...
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Punctuation and the Semicolon Help
How to Use a Semicolon We've had extremely cold and wet weather this spring; my annual flowers are a month behind in growth. ... Use a semicolon between closely related independent clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
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Punctuation and Quotation Marks Help
Quotation Marks Quotation marks are used to set off the exact words said by someone. Notice the difference between a direct and an indirect quotation: Direct quotation: My doctor said, "You should worry more about taking ...
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Punctuation and the Colon Help
Colon Help Both the colon and the semicolon can be used to build better, more interesting sentences. Good writers use these marks of punctuation to build memorable sentences. You know that you can use a semicolon to join two sentences to create a compound sentence ...
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Punctuation and the Apostrophe Help
How to Use an Apostrophe Use an apostrophe to show the omission of a letter. In the following three examples, the o's are omitted. You weren't (were not) expected until noon. My other friend isn't (is not) coming.
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The Dash, Hyphen, Parentheses and Brackets Help
Em Dash Use em dashes—one on each side of the interrupting thought—to emphasize an interruption within a sentence. Remember this one caution: Don't overuse them. Here's an example: Call me if ...
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Capitalization Help
Brief History of the Alphabet and Capitalization Many, many years ago, a sentence may have been written without any spacing or punctuation, and with capitals or lowercase letters. The Romans might also have written it in the following way, using capitals as the ...
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Capitalization Rules Practice
The study guide for these practice exercises can be found at: Capitalization Help Capitalization Rules Practice Written Practice 1
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Capitalization Practice
The study guide can be found at: Capitalization Help Capitalization Practice Correct the capitalization error(s) in each of the following sentences.
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