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17 Cards in this Set
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On an envelope a comma separates the street and city, the city and state, but not the state and zip code.
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To:Kristi Haines
6838 shelldrake, Troy, MI 48085 |
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Use a comma to seperate items in a series.
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Penny is cute, playful, and soft.
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Use a colon between the hour and the minute when you write the time.
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11:17 a.m.
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Use a colon before a list of items.
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Penny is as follows: cute, cuddly, playful, and hyper.
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Use semicolons between parts of a compound sentence if they are not joined by a conjunction.
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Penny's favorite games are tug-o-war;chewing on bones.
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Use a comma before and, but, yet, for, nor, or, and so when they join the parts of a compound sentence.
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Penny is very hyper, but sometimes she is calm.
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Use either a period at the end of a request or command.
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Come here Penny.
or Come here Penny! |
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Use a qusetion mark at the end of a statement.
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What is your dogs name?
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Use a period at the end of a statement.
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My dogs name is penny.
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Use a period after certain abbreviations.
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Mydogs initals are P.S.H..
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Use a comma to seperate two or more adjectives that come before a noun.
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Penny is a cute, playful dog from the Michigan Humane Society.
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Use a comma after words such as well to begin a sentence.
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Well, Penny is stil a good dog.
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Use commas to set off words in an direct address.
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Mom, may I take Penny for a walk?
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Use a comma after the salutation of a friendly letter and after the closing of any letter.
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Daer Caitlin,
Sincerely, Kristi |
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Use a colon after the sautation of a business letter.
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Dear Mr.Haines:
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Use commas to eet off appositives and appositive pharases that are not needed to understand the meaning of a sentence.
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My dog, Penny, will come.
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Use commas to set off an expression that interrupts a sentence.
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My dog, penny, was very hyper last night.
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