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English language

par Маріна Вікторівна Агапкіна

Mastering punctuality

par Jeremy Brommersma

Mo Willems

par Clare Gilmore

PARAGRAPH

par Rodolfo Gonzalez

Punctuation in Academic Essays

Apostrophe

Subtopic

USED FOR

Contractions and possessives "The CD's not working properly"

Never plurals

Colons

A list of items

The researched team studied a number of different breeds: shorthaired, longhaired and exotic

Semicolons

INTRODUCES

An independent clause

Something that could stand alone

But related to the first part

Periods

INDICATES

Abbreviation of a word

End of a paragraph

End of a sentence

Commas

DIRECT QUOTATIONS

Smith notes, "Dogs have always been more popular than cats."

OXFORD COMMA

Apples, bananas, watermelons, cucumber, and kiwi

SUBJECT - VERB - COMPLEMENT

The chef, who's personality is annoying, hired me today to work for him

REPLACES

I have to go but apples, pizza, pasta and salt

The use of "and"

REPRESENTS

A pause in the flow of words