Commonly Confused Words
A commonly confused word that means "it is."
What is it's?
The words that FANBOYS stands for.
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Words like these: after, although, as, as if, because, before, even if, even though, in order to, since, though, unless, until, whatever, when, whenever, whether, while
What are words that, when starting a sentence, trigger a dependent clause comma?
Two independent clauses combined with a comma alone.
What is a comma splice?
What you must include at the end of each sentence
What is end punctuation (a period, question mark, or exclamation point).
What is "too?"
The punctuation needed before a FANBOYS when the FANBOYS connects two independent clauses in a sentence.
What is a comma?
A sentence that combines one independent clause and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
Keep the comma and add an appropriate FANBOYS; replace the comma with a period and capitalize the first letter of the second sentence; or turn the comma into a semicolon.
What are three ways to fix a comma splice?
The words in the following sentence that should be capitalized: "after i got home from the store, my dad asked if i remembered to buy eggs."
What are After and both I's.
A commonly confused word that indicates possession
What is its or their?
The two words in the following sentence that require a comma between them: I went to the store but it did not have what I needed.
What are "store" and "but?"
The two words in the following sentence that require a comma between them: Although the concert tickets are expensive the experience will be worth it.
What are "expensive" and "the?"
This sentence error: "While waiting for my brother."
What is a fragment?
What are: your name, the teacher's name, the class name, and the date.
The two words in the following sentence that require a comma between them: She walked the dog and saw her friend at the park.
What is none (no comma needed)?
The type of word that generally follows a dependent clause comma.
What is a subject?
A sentence with more than two FANBOYS, which is also clunky and difficult to understand.
What is a run-on sentence?
The kind of punctuation that must be included in a contraction.
A commonly confused word that means both "the impact" and/or "to bring about."
What is effect?
Subject, Verb, and completed thought
What are the components of an independent clause?
The two words in the following sentence that require a comma between them: The food is delicious even if the service is a little slow.
The type of error represented by this sentence: I went to the store my brother went home.
What is a fused sentence?
These are 3 types of words people often think they need to capitalize, but they should NOT capitalize them.
What are: the list items after a colon, decades/century numbers (for example, the fifties), and cardinal directions (north, south, etc.).