Commonly confused words
The word that refers to a basic truth or rule (principle/principal)
What is "principle"?
True or False: Commas are used to separate items in a list.
True
What is the required spacing for an MLA formatted paper?
What is Double Space
What are Apostrophes used to show?
What is possession?
what must a sentence need in order to be complete?
What is a subject and and a verb
To fail to win or to misplace (lose/loose).
what is lose
Add a comma if needed
"The research findings were inconclusive and the team decided to conduct further experiments to gather more data."
"The research findings were inconclusive,and the team decided to conduct further experiments to gather more data."
True or False: The Works Cited page should be in alphabetical order.
True
What is the correct form for the possessive of "the dog of John"?
What is John‘s Dog
occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined together without proper punctuation or conjunctions. For example, "I love to read I go to the library often" is a r
What is a run-on sentence?
A sweet course served at the end of a meal (dessert/desert).
What is dessert
Add a comma/commas if needed : "I went to the store and I bought milk eggs and bread."
"I went to the store and I bought milk, eggs, and bread."
In MLA format, how should a book title be formatted?
In MLA format, a book title should be italicized.
Identify the error and correct it : "Its a beautiful day."
Answer: The error in the sentence "Its a beautiful day." is the use of "Its" instead of "It's." The correct form should be "It's a beautiful day," where "It's" is a contraction for "it is."
What is the difference between a dependent clause and an independent clause?
An independent clause is a group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence because it expresses a complete thought.
a dependent clause cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought.
The act of accepting or agreeing to something (accept/except).
What is accept
When should you use a comma after an introductory phrase?
when it introduces the main clause of the sentence
What is the correct way to cite a journal article in MLA format?
Author(s). "Title of the Article." Title of the Journal, vol. number, no. number, year, pages.
What is the use of an apostrophe in contractions?
to indicate omitted letters
How do you correct a fragment?
add a subject and a verb to make it a complete sentence or connect it to a nearby complete sentence.
For example, the fragment "Because I was tired" can be corrected by adding it to the sentence "I went to bed early because I was tired."
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The word for a person who is very skilled or talented (expert/expertise).
What is expert
Add a comma/commas if needed
I came and I saw
No commas needed
How do you format in-text citations for a work by multiple authors in MLA style?
both last names in the in-text citation, connected by "and." For example: (Smith and Johnson 23).
Put in any needed apostrophes.
The two dogs leashes were hanging in the closet.
The two dogs' leashes were hanging in the closet.
Identify the type of sentence: "Although it was raining, we decided to go hiking."
What is a complex sentence