End Marks
The time to use a period
What is a declarative and/or imperative statement?
Where do commas go:
We are having peas and carrots roast beef and cake for dinner.
What are: We are having peas and carrots, roast beef, and cake for dinner?
Where do the five commas go:
My brother Nathaniel is a collector of many rare unusual things. He has collected lunch boxes limited edition books and hatpins at various points of his life. His current collection of unusual bottles has over fifty pieces. Usually he sells one collection before starting another.
What are: My brother, Nathaniel, is a collector of many rare unusual things. He has collected lunch boxes, limited edition books, and hatpins at various points of his life. His current collection of unusual bottles has over fifty pieces. Usually, he sells one collection before starting another?
Which sentence is correct:
A-Be sure to wear clean, well-pressed clothes to the interview; appearances are important.
B-Be sure to wear clean, well-pressed clothes to the interview, appearances are important.
What is A?
What are the two main uses for quotation marks?
What are to enclose direct quotations & around titles of short work?
The time to use a question mark
What is at the end of a question?
Where do commas go:
Mr. Morton my English teacher says we have to learn how to use commas.
What are: Mr. Morton, my English teacher, says we have to learn how to use commas?
Where do the five commas go:
Our meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 20. In that time, we need to gather all our documents together. Alice is in charge of the timetables and schedules. Tom is in charge of updating the guidelines. I am in charge of the presentation. To prepare for this meeting, please print out any e-mails, faxes, or documents you have referred to when writing your sample.
What are: Our meeting is scheduled for Thursday, March 20. In that time, we need to gather all our documents together. Alice is in charge of the timetables and schedules. Tom is in charge of updating the guidelines. I am in charge of the presentation. To prepare for this meeting, please print out any e-mails, faxes, or documents you have referred to when writing your sample?
Which sentence is correct:
A-The color combinations we can choose from are black, white, and grey, green, brown, and black, or red, green, and brown.
B-The color combinations we can choose from are black, white, and grey; green, brown, and black; or red, green, and brown.
What is B?
When a complete sentence is enclosed in parentheses, do you place the punctuation in the sentence inside or outside the parentheses?
What is inside?
Ex: Don’t give up. (You never know what tomorrow brings.)
The time to use an exclamation mark
What is showing strong feeling?
Where do commas go:
He says “Remember Bob use commas before and after you address someone directly.”
What are: He says, “Remember, Bob, use commas before and after you address someone directly”?
Where do the five commas go:
It was a cool crisp autumn day when the group set out. They needed to cover several miles before they made camp so they walked at a brisk pace. The leader of the group Garth kept checking his watch and their GPS location. Isabelle Raoul and Maggie took turns carrying the equipment while Carrie took notes about the wildlife they saw. As a result no one noticed the darkening sky until the first drops of rain splattered on their faces.
What are: It was a cool crisp autumn day when the group set out. They needed to cover several miles before they made camp, so they walked at a brisk pace. The leader of the group, Garth, kept checking his watch and their GPS location. Isabelle Raoul and Maggie took turns carrying the equipment, while Carrie took notes about the wildlife they saw. As a result, no one noticed the darkening sky until the first drops of rain splattered on their faces?
What is needed in this sentence:
The team will tour three states New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
What is The team will tour three states: New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland?
True or False: You should only use dashes in informal writing.
What is true?
Name three other instances when one uses a period.
What are abbreviations (Jr., Ph.D.), terms in addresses (Blvd. or Rd.), times and dates (P.M. or B.C.), measurements (6 ft. 1 in. or lb.), in outlines, or as decimals.
Where do commas go:
Before we got on the bus Tequita said “Stop talking to me Renisha.”
What are: Before we got on the bus, Tequita said, “Stop talking to me, Renisha”?
Where do the six commas go:
Please have your report complete and filed by April 15 2010. In your submission letter please include your contact information the position you are applying for and two people we can contact as references. We will not be available for consultation after April 10 but you may contact the office if you have any questions. Thank you HR Department.
What are: Please have your report complete and filed by April 15, 2010. In your submission letter, please include your contact information, the position you are applying for, and two people we can contact as references. We will not be available for consultation after April 10, but you may contact the office if you have any questions. Thank you, HR Department?
What is needed in this sentence:
Mark Twain said it best “When in doubt, tell the truth.”
What is Mark Twain said it best: “When in doubt, tell the truth.”
Could you write this sentence using a dash? If so where would it go? All of my schoolwork: physics, history, sociology, and calculus, got washed away when my house flooded.
What is:
All my schoolwork--physics, history, sociology, and calculus--got washed away when my house flooded.
Punctuate the sentences in this passage:
Have you ever seen a duck-billed platypus ____ They look cute and fuzzy ____ They are so cute and fuzzy that one might not even notice the spur on the male platypus's ankle ___ One might also be surprised to learn that the venom in this ankle spur… COULD KILL A SMALL DOG ___
What are ?/././!
Where do commas go:
Emilio my next-door neighbor has two daughters a son and a puppy.
What are: Emilio, my next-door neighbor, has two daughters, a son, and a puppy?
How many commas are needed in this sentence:
If you must know we moved to 4542 Boxcutter Lane Hope Missouri 70832 on March 7 2010.
What are four?
If you must know, we moved to 4542 Boxcutter Lane, Hope, Missouri 70832 on March 7, 2010.
What is needed in this sentence:
I have lived in Sedona, Arizona Baltimore, Maryland and Knoxville, Tennessee.
What is: I have lived in Sedona, Arizona; Baltimore, Maryland; and Knoxville, Tennessee?
Where would the ellipsis best fit in this sentence:
"We've determined positively, absolutely, beyond the shadow of a doubt, drawing our conclusions from all the available data, understanding the impact of the recent spate of arsons, that this fire was accidental."
What is "We've determined positively … that this fire was accidental."