Commas
You will need baking powder, flour, milk and eggs to make pancakes.
Commas separate items in a series.
"It's time to go to the movie, said Marie.
Quotations enclose the exact words of the speaker.
The neighbors had gave the bride a bridal shower before she moved to her new home.
In past perfect, the verb is had given.
Everyone have packed lunches for the field trip.
The verb is has. Everyone is considered singular.
Between you and I, Katie is not doing the work she is supposed to do.
Use objective case of the pronoun in a prepositional phrase. Me is correct.
The coffee cup, I believe is on the counter.
Comma before and after an interrupting phrase.
"It's too early," said Jacques, to go to the park."
Quotation marks enclose the exact words of the speaker including in split sentences.
Yesterday, Roger drunk a smoothie for the first time.
The simple past tense is drank.
Some of Elena's hair were dyed purple.
Some can be singular or plural. If the subject can be counted, use plural. If the subject can't be counted, use singular. Was is correct.
Paul or Sarah forgot to take their paycheck to the bank.
When one subject is feminine singular and the other is masculine singular, use his/her instead of their.
Jeff will you pick up milk and bread at the store?
Comma sets off a noun of direct address.
Mark asked, "When will the Amazon package arrive"?
Question marks go inside the quotations unless the whole sentence is a question.
Ms. Smith will have teached to 30 years before she retires on June 1st.
The future perfect is will have taught.
The fallen leaves and the branch was picked up by the lawn company.
If the subjects are compound (using "and"), use the plural were.
Sal, Rory, and him stayed 3 hours last night cleaning the store.
He is the subjective case.
I hope to win this game but Charles is also smart playing Jeopardy.
Commas separate compound sentences that use a coordinating conjuction.
"Susan asked, When are we going to use the computer?"
Quotation marks around the exact words that are spoken.
Bob trains for the marathon during the next year.
Since the action is continuous, the best choice would be future progressive will be training.
Neither Evan nor the twins was swimming in the new pool.
With neither/ nor or either/or, use the subject closest to the verb to determine the tense. Were is correct.
Jim or his family will paint his house.
When using or, use the subject closest to the pronoun to determine the correct usage. Their would be the best choice.
"I didn't realize" said John, "how fast the builders can finish the house."
In a quotation the exact words of the speaker are separated from the speaker (he said, etc.) with a comma.
The poem The Blackbird is one of my favorites.
Quotation marks surround the title of short works of literature.
If the bank closes early, I come back tomorrow morning.
The simple future is will come.
The band wears their new uniforms for every game.
With collective nouns, if individuals are doing the action, use the plural. If the collective noun is doing the action as a group, use singular. Wear is correct.
The stranger whom went on the back trail got lost.
Who is used as the subject of a dependent clause and whom is used as an object. You need a subject here so who is correct.