What are the rules for using a semi colon?
- Separate 2 closely related clauses
- Separate long items in a list; ambiguous commas
- The clauses must be main clauses, on the same subject and could be replaced with a conj.
What are the four rules for a comma?
- To separate main from sub clause/phrase
- Embedding sub clause/phrase
- To join 2 main clauses with and,but,yet,while,or
- A list
What are the rules for a colon?
- There are many nations in Europe: France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia to name a few.
- The worst president in US history: Donald J Trump
How to use levels of parenthesis?
Weak - ( )
My birthday (25th December) is on a bank holiday.
Moderate - , ,
Mexico, of which the main language is Spanish, has a large Spanish-speaking population.
Strong — - -
Mrs Birling - who experienced adultery in her marriage - warned her daughter of infidelity being profound in men.
What is the use of a dash?
To emphasise a point - a blooming good one at that.
Give me various synonyms for said - a dreadful verb -.
Uttered
Stated
Articulated
Accused
Mumbled
Breathed
Conspired
Retorted
Replied
Snapped
Shouted
Spat
Bellowed
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence with a subject, verb and object.
Tom jumped over the tree.
What is a complex sentence?
A main clause + a sub clause.
Tom jumped over the tree, which was extremely tall.
What is a compound sentence?
Two main sentences joined by a coordinating conjunction.
Tom jumped over the tree and he broke his back.
