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Grammar for 7-1
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Commas in a series | You should use commas when listing 2 or more items. There should be a comma after every item listed except for the last item. This is used to separate the items. |
| Commas in addresses and dates | Separate numbers and words that are note relevant with eachother |
| Commas separating clauses | Another use for the comma is to separate an independent clause with a dependent clause. |
| Commas With FANBOYS | When you have FANBOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) you use a comma before the FANBOY (conjunction) in the sentence. |
| Commas With AAAWWUBBIS | AAAWWUBBIS stands for as, although, after, while, when, unless, because, before, if, and since. |
| Commas With interrupters | When there are some words that interrupt a sentence (sometimes to show inner thought or to express the writer's feelings), you need to put commas around the interrupters in the beginning and at the end of the interrupting phrase. |
| Commas With openers/closers | When there is a sentence with an opener, then put the comma after the opener. When there is a sentence with a closer, put the comma after the first dependent clause. |
| Apostrophes With contractions | Apostrophes can show missing letters in contractions. In formal writing it is best to avoid using contractions. |
| Commas With possession | You should go to the wiki for this one. Go to vocabandgrammar.webs.com. For a basic explanation just add an apostrophe s (this will only work most of the time) |
| Who vs. Whom | You must ask yourself who is doing the action, if the answer is he then pick who, if the answer is him then pick whom. |
| Subject Verb agreement | Subject Verb agreement is very simple, if there is a single subject it gets a single verb, if the noun is plural then it gets a plural verb. |
| Quotation marks | A quotation mark indicates when a dialogue is being said. Quotation marks are used to indicate dialogue. The quotation marks go in the beginning and at the end of the dialogue after the quotation mark. |
| Colons With lists | The colon can be used to introduce lists of items and separates the sentence into parts. In the example the beginning shows that the person likes to play a lot of sports, then there is the colon, then there is the list of three sports. |
| Colons With definitions | Sometimes the colon is used to show a definition of something. |
| Nouns | A noun is a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, or thing. |
| Verb | A verb is a word that shows existence, action or occurrence. There are other types of verb like liking verbs. A linking verb is a verb (that takes the place of a regular verb) that joins the subject of a sentence to its complement. |
| Adjective | An adjective is a word that describes a noun. |
| Adverb | An adverb (which usually ends in a ly) is a word that modifies every word except for a noun. |
| Semicolon Separating and connecting independent clauses | A semicolon can be used to separate and connect 2 independent clauses. Remember, if there is a conjunction between the 2 independent clauses, then a comma should be used not a semicolon. |
| Semicolon With lists | Semicolons can be used to differentiate nouns (things, articles, people, places, etc.) in a list when the items have a comma and it is too confusing to have it otherwise. |
| Past | The past tense refers to actions that have already been done and are in the past. They usually end in ed and have the word "have" and "has" as an auxiliary verb. |
| Present | The present tense refers to actions that are being done as the statement is made or said. They usually end with an ing and have "am" as the auxiliary verb. |
| Future | The future tense refers to actions that have not happen yet, but eventually will happen. They usually have a normal ending and have the word "will" as an auxiliary verb. |
| Prepositions and prepositional phrases | A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence which creates a prepositional phrase. |
| Question marks | A question mark is a form of punctuation that is placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question. |
| Periods | A period is a form of punctuation that is places at the end of a sentence to indicate a statement. |
| Exclamation points | An exclamation point is a type of punctuation that is placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a forceful command and express strong feeling |
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