Punctuation!

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Punctuation!

• Why not?
• Go to next slide.

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We have just completed our review of end
punctuation.

• (I told you this will be a fast review!)

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Capitalization

• Capitalize the name of things.
• Were done with caps.

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Not quite!

• Wendys hamburgers
• Ford cars
• English, home economics, Chemistry II, chemistry
• Springs glory, spring sports
• Aunt Jane, my aunt

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Commas, the marks of a civilized, intellectual
society

• Items in a series last before conjunction
  optional unless series consists of items more
  than one word long. Apples, oranges, limes and
  pumpkins are good. Apples from New York, oranges
  from Florida, limes from California, and pumpkins
  from Mars.
• 2 or more adjectives preceding a noun a boring,
  needless subject. But, a dark November day

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More ,

• Independent clause, conjunction independent
  clause (But Go and win.)
• Commas set off nonessential clauses and
  nonessential participial phrases.
• Use a comma after introductory elements well,
  yes, no, why
• - Introductory participial phrase
• - Succession of prepositional phrases
• - Introductory adverb clause

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more

• Commas set off interruptors
• - Appositives and appositive phrases
• - Direct address, class.
• - Parenthetical expressions, therefore, are
  surrounded by commas
• Conventional situations dates, addresses,
  salutations and John Smith, Jr.