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Punctuation
Ellipses help is right around the corner…
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There are many ways to add EMPHASIS to text. Here’s tips on how:
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Grammar Quotes for those with the love of it. This one, “…punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down...”
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What is that piece of grammar that happens when the descriptive information is sandwiched between commas.. um.. uh.. APPOSITIVE! Need more information..check out below!
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Comma-confusion? Check out this video for some quick & easy references, like ‘fanboys’!
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This is a great tutorial that goes in depth on how to fix and prevent comma splices and run on sentences, as well as what causes them to begin with.
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Watch former VAWLTer and UMA alumna Nicole Bayley rescue a sentence from ambiguous pronouns and misplaced punctuation in “Punctuation Womyn”!
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Grammar mistakes are inevitable. Although most of us would like to think that we are infallible grammarians, unsusceptible to errors in syntax, we’re all human. Even those of us who are making the English language […]
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“When does a word become possessive?” “When do I need to use an apostrophe?” If you have these questions… check out the video below!
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Most of us have a solid grasp on how quotations marks work especially when they’re used for direct quotes, but every and now and then I find myself hung up on specific, quotation mark related issues. Here’s a list of the rules that I have trouble remembering:
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Check out this link to see if you are positive you know what “appositives” are. You’ll see whether or not you should use commas with your appositives. It can be tricky, but I hope the […]
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There’s a comma to every list, and here’s a few conjunctions too!
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How do you recognize when comma splices are needed in your writing or how to stop writing run on sentences? Check out this video for more helpful tips!
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