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In a compound sentence, a comma sits before this.
What is conjunction or FANBOYS?
The three end punctuation marks
What are the period, question mark, and exclamation mark?
These marks ""
What are quotation marks?
The Inca people lived in the Andes Mts of South America
The Incan people lived in the Andes Mts. of South America.
Where a comma goes in the date
What is after the day and before the year?
The number of commas needed when there is a list of three items.
What is two?
After this type of phrase or word, you use an exclamation point
Correct this written sentence.
Molly said I want a new bicycle for my birthday!
Molly said, "I want a new bicycle for my birthday!"
Orson Welles a brilliant actor and director aired a play based on The War of the Worlds a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells.
Orson Welles, a brilliant actor and director, aired a play based on The War of the Worlds, a science fiction novel by H.G. Wells.
The correct abbreviation for Misses
What is Mrs.?
This is a word or phrase that identifies or renames a noun. Commas are used before and after to offset it.
What is an appositive?
Ends an indirect question
What is the period?
Correct this sentence.
I think Hank stammered that I will have the meatloaf for lunch.
"I think," Hank stammered, "that I will have the meatloaf for lunch."
On the night of April 26 1777 Sybil Ludington, a 16-year-old girl from Fredericksburg New York rode through Putnam County.
On the night of April 26, 1777, Sybil Ludington, a 16-year-old girl from Fredericksburg, New York, rode through Putnam County.
The correct writing of the city and state we are currently in
What is Jasper, Indiana?
What are the commas separating in this sentence?
My dog, finally, ate his food at 10:30 last night.
What is an interrupter?
Periods in an outline always go after these.
What are numbers, letters, and Roman numerals?
Daily Double!!!!
Correct this sentence.
Did Julio say, "I'm not going to clean my room!"
Did Julio say, "I'm not going to clean my room"?
"Well, you'd be good on a quiz show!" laughed Nancy.
Correct the sentence.
My mom sent me a letter on June 26 2020 which should have been enough time, but I still did not get it on my birthday.
My mom sent me a letter on June 26, 2020, which should have been enough time, but I still did not get it on my birthday.
Name one rule for deciding whether a comma is needed between two adjectives.
1) Place the word and between the two adjectives.
2) Reverse or flip the order of the adjectives.
Sentence that ends in a question mark
What is interrogative?
Correct the sentence.
Oh goodness! We are running so late! We will never make it to the party Mother sighed.
"Oh goodness! We are running so late! We will never make it to the party," Mother sighed.
Dear Maya
Did you know that Paul Revere wasn't the only person to ride through the countryside warning colonists of British troops
Dear Maya,
Did you know that Paul Revere wasn't the only person to ride through the countryside warning colonists of British troops?
Commas must be placed after these two parts of a letter.
What are the greeting and the closing?