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13 Cards in this Set
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generally, ________ should _____ be used at the ______ of a _______ clause.
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periods, not, end, dependent
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the end of a sentence can be indicated by a...
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period, an exclamation point, or a question mark.
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two of the more common ways to divide a sentence are the...
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semicolon and the colon
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semicolons are used to separate...
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independent clauses
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sentences that contain more than two independent clauses are usually divided by ____ rather than ______.
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commas, semicolons
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a colon is used at the end of an....
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independent clause
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the comma is the...
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form of punctuation used most frequently within sentences
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four of the more important purposes that commas serve
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1. separate a sequence of two or more modifiers ("the highway was long, dark, and surprisingly narrow.")
2. separate a nonrestrictive modifier from the rest of the sentence in which it appears ("the next document, dated November 14, clearly indicates the man's identity." 3. when a sentence begins with a dependent clause, and the sentence is sufficiently long, a comma will be used to divide the dependent clause from the rest of the sentence. ("after a long and sleepless night, he roused himself and got ready for work.") 4. should be used in a compound sentence (i.e., one that consists of two or more independent clauses) in order to separate the independent clauses) |
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a semicolon must be used if there is no _______ between the ____, while a _____ must be used if there is.
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conjunction, clauses, comma
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the rules for using _____ to separate _____ clauses in ______ sentences are ____ ______ when the sentences contain ______ than _____ _______ clauses.
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commas, independent, compound, the same, more, two independent
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apostrophes are used for _____ different purposes
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two different purposes of apostrophes
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to create contractions such as "don't," etc., and to mark the possessive case.
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list of possessive pronouns that do not change when used as modifiers
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my, mine, your, yours, his, her, hers, its, our, their, theirs, whose
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