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Writing Skills PSAT
Punctuation, Grammar, and Style Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Use commas to seperate items in a series. | If more than two items are listed in a series, they should be separated by commas. The final comma--the one that precedes the word "and"-- may be omitted. |
| Use commas to separate two or more adjectives before a noun. | Example: I can't believe you sat through that long, dull movie three times in a row. |
| Use commas to set off parenthetical clauses and phrases. | If a phrase or clause is not necessary to the main idea expressed by a sentence, it should be set off by commas. |
| Use commas after introductory phrases. | Example: After the banquet, Harold and Melissa went dancing. |
| Use commas to separate independent clauses. | Use a comma before a conjunction (and, but, nor, yet, etc.) that connects two independent clauses. |
| Semicolons (;). | When two independent clauses are not joined with a conjunction (and, but, nor, or yet), then this punctuation is used. When independent clauses are connected by words like "therefore", "nevertheless", and "moreover", then this punctuation is used. |
| Colons (:). | Are used only as a means to signaling that what follows is a list, definition, explanation, or restatement of what has gone before. A word or phrase such as "like the following", "as follows", "namely", or "this" is often used with this punctuation. |
| Dash (--). | Used to indicate an abrupt break in thought and also to set off a parenthetical expression from the rest of the sentence. |
| Apostrophe ('). | It is used with contracted verb forms to indicate that one or more letters have been eliminated. It is used to indicate the possesive form of a noun. |
| Subject-Verb Agreement. | The form of the verb must match, or agree with, its subject in two ways: person (1st, 2nd, 3rd) and number(singular and plural). |
| Pronouns. | It is a word that is used in the place of a noun. The antecedent of this word is the word to which the word refers to. |
| Singular pronouns. | 1st person: I, me.2nd person: you, your, yours.3rd person: he, him, she, her, it one, his, her, hers, its, one's. |
| Plural pronouns. | 1st person: we, us, my, mine, our, ours.2nd person: you, your, yours.3rd person: their, theirs. |
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