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... Use a comma when an -ly adjective is used with other adjectives.
NOTE: To test whether an -ly word is an adjective, see if it can be used alone with the noun. If it can,
use the comma.
Examples:
Felix was a lonely, young boy.
I get headaches in brightly lit rooms. Brightly is not an adjective becaus ...
the seven deadly sins of writing
... Use the apostrophe to indicate possession and to mark omitted letters in contractions. Writers often misuse apostrophes when forming plurals and possessives. The
basic rule is quite simple: use the apostrophe to indicate possession, not a plural.
Yes, the exceptions to the rule may seem confusing: h ...
The First Deadly Sin: Passive Voice
... Use the apostrophe to indicate possession and to mark omitted letters in contractions. Writers often misuse apostrophes when forming plurals and possessives. The
basic rule is quite simple: use the apostrophe to indicate possession, not a plural.
Yes, the exceptions to the rule may seem confusing: h ...
File - Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you
... That printed page has too many &s on it.
the 1960s = the years in decade from 1960 to 1969
The 1960s were a time of great social unrest.
The '60s were a time of great social unrest.
Don't use apostrophes for personal pronouns, the relative pronoun who, or for noun plurals.
Apostrophes should not be ...
Common Writing Problems
... Note that singular nouns ending in "s" receive both an apostrophe and an "s." Some
stylesheets recommend adding only an apostrophe if the singular noun ends in "s" and the
additional "s" sound would not be pronounced, but this seems to be a needless complication.
PROPER NOUNS ENDING IN "S":
The poss ...
Punctuation Pointers
... The sentence, however, is incomplete if it ends with the verb are; this sentence requires a
subject complement, and the list serves in exactly this capacity. Nevertheless, the practice is
widespread (even in textbooks), and it may be pedantic to oppose it. Sometimes the rule
against incomplete sente ...
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... Subject-Verb Agreement
• A few nouns, such as mumps, measles, civics,
economics, mathematics, and physics, although
plural in form, take a singular verb.
• The following similar words are more often plural
than singular: athletics, acoustics, gymnastics,
tactics.
• Politics can be singular (when di ...
CAPITALIZATION
... I bought jam, bread, and butter.
_______ Use a colon when introducing an example or list of examples:
There are many ways to eat a Reeses: eat it in one bite, eat off the chocolate, or nibble it!
_______ Use a semi-colon to join to complete, related sentences:
...
THE DIRTY DOZEN
... (fp) faulty predication: Faulty predication occurs when a subject does not work grammatically
with its predicate (verb).
Faulty predication example: The most valued trait in a friend is a person who is loyal. (Because a
person is not a trait, the sentence should read “The most valued trait in a frie ...
THE DIRTY DOZEN
... 6. (pro) vague or unclear pronoun reference: A vague or unclear pronoun reference occurs (1) when it is
not clear to which noun a pronoun refers, (2) when a pronoun refers to a concept rather than to a
previous noun, or (3) when the reference of the pronoun is indefinite.
Unclear pronoun reference ...
Grammar essentials - Branson Public Schools
... I was walking through the mall one day when I met a group of my friends. Hey, what
are you doing here? I asked. I thought you guys had to stay after school today to
finish your report over the book the running dream. no, we got out of that detention
because Mrs. Jones decided we really didn’t deserv ...
Mrs. Chaaban`s crash course in grammar
... • Dashes are like detour signs in the grammar world!
• Indicate non-essential information that can be removed
without affecting the basic meaning of a sentence.
John Locke-whose writings strongly influenced the
Declaration of independence-was one of the most
important thinkers of the eighteenth cent ...
Lindsay`s Grammar Review
... When quoting textual evidence or dialogue use the following rules:
1. Have a description or an introduction before the quote. (Do NOT start
the sentence with the quote)
2. Have a comma before the first apostrophe mark.
3. Add one punctuation mark(,.!?) to end the quote.
4. Capitalize the first lette ...
ks2 grammar passport
... It’s is short for it is. eg. It’s hot today.
Its is used for possession. eg. It shut its eyes.
Its, like hers, yours, ours and theirs, is a
possessive pronoun. No apostrophe!
NEVER use apostrophes to form plurals
eg. We opened our books. (NOT book’s)
We bought some CDs. (NOT CD’s)
Back in the 1980s… ...
clause - Longton Primary School
... These give more meaning to the main clause. They begin
with a subordinating conjunction. They do not make sense as
a sentence on their own.
The boy ate the tasty carrot before he ate desert.
...
Possessive Forms
... and an s we can manage to transform most singular nouns into their possessive form: the car's front
seat, Charles's car, Bartkowski's book, hard day's work.
Some writers will say that the -s after Charles' is not necessary and that adding only the apostrophe
(Charles' car) will suffice to show posse ...
CLEAR: Grammar
... other. For technical writing, past tense is always
appropriate when describing procedures performed or
results obtained. However, you should switch to
present tense when making generalized statements that
are true outside of the experiment’s context.
Example: We measured point efficiencies and
fou ...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing
... The apostrophe is used to mark omitted letters in contractions.
Note that contractions are often considered too informal for academic writing.
Avoid the dreadful it’s/its confusion:
It’s is a contraction for it is. It’s is never a possessive.
Its is the possessive for it.
As Professors Strunk and Wh ...
Hyphens and Apostrophes
... • Both indefinite and personal pronouns can indicate possession. Here are
two rules to follow to show possession.
• Use an apostrophe and s with indefinite pronouns to show possession.
• Examples: everyone’s plan
each one’s decision
• Do not use an apostrophe with possessive personal pronouns.
• Th ...
The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing
... The apostrophe is used to mark omitted letters in contractions.
Note that contractions are often considered too informal for academic writing.
Avoid the dreadful it’s/its confusion:
It’s is a contraction for it is. It’s is never a possessive.
Its is the possessive for it.
As Professors Strunk and Wh ...
Grammar Rules
... Jim had given much thought to his future; therefore, it came as no surprise when
he returned to school.
The audience was sparse; in fact, there were only five people.
I want to travel this summer; accordingly, I will have to save some money this
winter.
Six people saw the bandit leaving the store; m ...
CMS and AP Style Guide Differences
... Capitalize the principal words, including prepositions and conjunctions of four or more letters.
Capitalize an article—the, a, an—or words of fewer than four letters if it is the first or last word
in a title.
Put quotation marks around the names of all such works except the Bible and books that are ...
4 Transcription / Word Handwriting Sentence Punctuation
... I am beginning to use a dictionary to check
the meaning of new words
I am becoming familiar with using a thesaurus
to expand vocabulary
I am using a range of nouns or pronouns.
I can understand and identify fronted
adverbials
I understand the basic rules for singular and
plural nouns.
I can apply ru ...
Apostrophe
The apostrophe ( ’ or ' ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets. In English, it serves three purposes: The marking of the omission of one or more letters (as in the contraction of do not to don't). The marking of possessive case (as in the eagle's feathers, or in one month's time). The marking by some as plural of written items that are not words established in English orthography (as in P's and Q's). (This is considered incorrect by others; see Use in forming certain plurals. The use of the apostrophe to form plurals of proper words, as in apple's, banana's, etc., is universally considered incorrect.)Apostrophe comes ultimately from Greek ἡ ἀπόστροφος [προσῳδία] (hē apóstrophos [prosōidía], ""[the accent of] 'turning away', or elision""), through Latin and French.The apostrophe looks the same as a closing single quotation mark, although they have different meanings. The apostrophe also looks similar to, but is not the same as, the prime symbol ( ′ ), which is used to indicate measurement in feet or arcminutes, as well as for various mathematical purposes, and the ʻokina ( ʻ ), which represents a glottal stop in Polynesian languages. Such incorrect substitutes as ´ (acute) and ` (grave) are common in unprofessional texts, where an ambiguous treatment of the apostrophe in digital typesetting (as explained below) is a major factor of this confusion.