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25 Cards in this Set
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asides |
related but not essential |
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2 independent clauses |
a conjunction and a comma |
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independent and a dependent |
a comma |
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dates use |
commas december 5, 2012 |
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numbers use |
commas 101,256 |
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quotes sometimes end in what |
commas only when followed by a "so and so said" |
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multiple adjectives use what |
commas, if you can say "and" between them |
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a period goes where |
at the end of a sentence |
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2 independent clause and no conjunction |
a semicolon |
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periods and semicolons are what |
interchangeable |
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semicolons separate a list of three or more when what |
when those items themselves contain commas |
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a colon is what |
after the independent clause and introduces a list, explanation, or explanatory quote |
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apostrophes do what |
indicate possession and contract 2 words into 1 |
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plural noun ending in s |
' , parents' |
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It's |
if a contraction |
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its |
if a possessive |
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Dashes and parentheses |
separate information that is even less relevant than an aside |
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the subject must agree with what |
the verb |
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words often misused as plural words |
anyone, anything, everything, everyone, everybody, neither/nor, either/or, somebody, nobody, none , each |
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is |
singular |
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are |
plural |
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pronouns agree with what |
the noun to which it refers |
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modifying phrase should be where |
next the word it modifies |
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adjectives modify what |
nouns |
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adverbs modify what |
verbs |
