Bad Grammar/Good Punctuation

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Decks in this class (26)

7 The Period
Punctuate okay where did you next...,
Punctuate fine all right when was...,
Punctuate okay fine very well tel...
4  cards
8 The Interrog
Punctuate what time did you leave...,
Punctuate when did you see him fr...,
Punctuate what was his condition ...
5  cards
9 The Quotation Mark
Do periods and commas go inside o...,
Punctuate he screamed i need some...,
Punctuate did you say i cannot he...
6  cards
10 The Colon
What comes before a colon 1,
What if the sentence continues af...,
Is there a colon when times are e...
3  cards
11 The Dash
Should you capitalize the first w...,
An appositive comes after the sen...
2  cards
12 The Semicolon
Do you need to capitalize the fir...,
Refers to elements that have the ...,
Refers to ideas that have very si...
9  cards
13 The Comma Basics
A single comma that acts to push ...,
Part of a pair of commas that sur...,
When does the word then not take ...
4  cards
14 The Comma That Separates
Punctuate the dark green compact ...,
Punctuate the representative from...,
Punctuate john works for wal mart...
38  cards
15 The Comma That Sets Off
When the year follows the month a...,
Punctuate it was july 20 1969 tha...,
Punctuate september 11 2001 will ...
10  cards
16 The Abbreviation
Fix this abbreviation 1,
Write out or abbreviate 2,
Write out or abbreviate 3
9  cards
17 The Apostrophe
0  cards
18 The Hyphen
0  cards
19 Capitalization
When would you capitalize the wor...,
Capitalize the court will rule on...,
Capitalize it was submitted to th...
12  cards
20 The Number Question
When o clock is used how do the f...,
How can you keep dollar amounts c...,
Am or am 3
4  cards
21 The Appositive
Punctuate i believe i spoke with ...,
Punctuate i spoke to the surgeon ...,
Punctuate it was bonnie white tha...
8  cards
22 The Ellipses
0  cards
23 The Paragraph
What are the three reasons for pa...
1  cards
24 The Parenthetical
When would you put a semicolon be...,
Punctuate i am sure it was a larg...,
Punctuate he was in desperate nee...
25  cards
25 The Series
Punctuate the three nominees were...,
Punctuate i was taking first the ...,
Punctuate he always said a he wou...
9  cards
26 The Tag Clause
A tag clause appears at the end o...,
When would you use dashes around ...,
Punctuate they were passengers in...
10  cards
27 Where NOT To Put Punctuation
Is this punctuated correctly 1,
Is this punctuated correctly 2,
Is this punctuated correctly 3
3  cards
28 The Words That Need A Special Look
Punctuate we saw them earlier how...,
Punctuate she said she sent the e...,
Punctuate they had moved from the...
10  cards
29 Is It One Word Or Two?
0  cards
30 The Grammar Basics
0  cards
31 Making Words Plural
How do you make yes and no plural 1,
Plural of moose 2,
If a word ends in y and a vowel p...
13  cards
Bonus: Latin Legal Terms
In limine 1,
Res judicata 2,
In limine 3
5  cards

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