Parts of Speech
These are shorter words that are used in place of nouns.
What is a pronoun?
What is nonessential?
In the sentence "There were too many chip flavours at the store I couldn't make a decision.", the semicolon should go after this word.
What is "store"?
The first word in one of these is always capitalized.
What is a sentence?
This three-letter prefix usually means "before".
What is "pre-"?
These words describe verbs.
What are adverbs?
Commas are used before conjunctions, which are these seven words outlined by the acronym "FANBOYS".
What are "for, and, nor, but, or, yet," and "so".
Semicolons are generally interchangeable with this form of punctuation.
What is a period?
This pronoun is always capitalized.
What is I?
This four-letter prefix usually means "after".
What is "post-"?
These words describe nouns.
What are adjectives?
What is direct address?
In the sentence "Don't get on the bus today after school, you're going to your grandma's house.", you should put a semicolon after this word.
What is "today"?
George Washington, MacKenzie Middle School, and the HMCS Chippewa are all capitalized, as they are all examples of these.
What are proper nouns?
This four-letter suffix usually means "the process of".
What is "-tion"?
These words work together with commas to help string longer sentences together.
What are conjunctions?
The phrase "teeth bared" in the sentences "Teeth bared, the wolf lunged." or "The wolf lunged, teeth bared." can go anywhere in the sentence, and is called this.
What is a free modifier?
While you would normally use commas to separate these, you can use semicolons instead for clarity if the items you're separating already contain commas.
What are items in a list or series?
The word "doctor" is not capitalized when you say "I need a doctor", but it is when the word is used as one of these.
What is a title?
This three-letter suffix usually means "a person who".
What is "-ist"?
These words indicate if a noun is specific or general: words like "a", "an", and "the".
What are articles?
This is the name for the error when you use a comma where you should use a semicolon.
What is a comma splice?
Semicolons join clauses that are known as this; they can stand on their own as complete sentences.
What are independent clauses?
What are brand names?
This four letter suffix usually means "in this direction".
What is "-ward"?