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Grammar/Punctuation Notes
The English House of Commas
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Use a comma to set off the elements of a series (3 or more), including the last two
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o The public seems eager for some kind of gun control legislation, but the congress is
obviously too timid to enact any truly effective measures
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Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives
o Coaches grew weary of running practices in the drafty, dreary, dilapidated gymnasium
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Use a comma to set off elements that express a contrast or a turn in a sentence
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o They were looking for something practical, not luxurious
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o The conference was originally set for Geneva, Switzerland, but was then rescheduled for
Chicago, Illinois
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Use a comma to set off quoted language
o Frost’s poem “Fire and Ice” begins with the lines, “Some say the world will end in fire,
/some say in Ice
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The Semicolon
o Example 1:
 Grandma stays up to late
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 Insert a coordinating conjunctions: Grandma is afraid she’ll miss something so
she stays up too late
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That is the
simple principle behind the subject verb-agreement
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o Everyone associated with the project is proud to be part of the effort
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o Each of the project partners is responsible for writing a chapter summary
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4
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o Some of the students in the cafeteria have voted already
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None is usually regarded as singular, but it can be used as a plural pronoun
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OR None of the
representatives that indicated how they will vote
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o Two-fifths of the grain is ruined
o One-half of the students were convinced that there would be no final exams this year
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o A majority of the student body is in favor of asking the Dean to stay another year
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o Some of the hay in the barn, as well as some major pieces of farm equipment, was
ruined in the floor
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In a formal writing, when either and neither appear as a subject alone (without their sidekicks or
and nor), they are singular
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o Neither of these choices appears to be satisfactory
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Either is fine with me
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A paired conjunction that links
balanced words, phrases and clauses
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Read it out loud top to bottom (w/a fucking pencil)



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