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exclamation
Exclamation sentences are used to express strong emotions, such as surprise, excitement, anger, happiness, or astonishment. These sentences are characterized by the use of an exclamation mark (!) at the end to indicate the heightened emotional tone. Here are some common uses of exclamation sentences:
Expressing Surprise:
“Wow! I can’t believe it’s already your birthday!”
“Oh my gosh! Look at that incredible sunset!”
Expressing Excitement:
“I won the lottery! I’m rich!”
“This is the best news ever!”
Showing Joy or Happiness
period
also known as a full stop in British English, is a common punctuation mark used in written language for various purposes. Here are some of the common uses of a period:
Ending Sentences: The most common use of a period is to mark the end of a declarative sentence or a statement. For example: “She went to the store.”
Abbreviations: Periods are used in abbreviations to indicate missing letters or to signify shortened forms of words. For example: “Dr.” for “Doctor,” “etc.” for “et cetera.”
Decimal Point: In numbers, a period is used as a decimal point to separate whole numbers from fractions or decimal values. For example: “3.14” represents the number pi.
Indicating End of a Quote:
runon sentence
What Is a Run-On Error?
A run-on error is a common writing mistake caused by using inappropriate punctuation at the end of a sentence. Most run-on errors involve writers putting a comma at the end of a sentence
What Is a Sentence Fragment?
Un sentence fragment, o fragmento de oración en español, es una secuencia de palabras que carece de una estructura completa de oración y, por lo tanto, no puede funcionar como una oración independiente que exprese una idea completa
my best friend; her name
She is my best friend; her name is Lucy.
My Mom does not like Rock music , does she like Hiphop.
My Mom does not like Rock music , nor does she like Hiphop.
Rose and Mirna English every day.
Rose and Mirna[study] English every day.
