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. Period
To end a sentence use___,
If a sentence ends with an abbrev...,
If a sentence ends with an abbrev...
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, Comma
With the exceptions of years page...,
After a persons name and before j...,
After a companys name and before ...
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; Semicolon
Between two independent clauses w...,
To emphasize the connection betwe...,
Between two independent clauses l...
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: Colon
To introduce a list of items when...,
To introduce a list of items when...,
To separate two independent claus...
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? Question Mark
At the end of a direct question u...,
At the end of an indirect questio...,
When a direct question occurs wit...
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! Exclamation Mark
After an exclamation point at the...,
At the end of an exclamatory ques...,
To combine the question mark and ...
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[ ] Brackets
If the original material includes...,
Rather than using brackets in a q...,
If a quotation includes a foreign...
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{ } Braces
These should never be used in pla...
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( ) Parentheses
To provide additional information...,
Whatever the material inside the ...,
When a parenthetical sentence sta...
15
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' Apostrophe
For contractions and possessives ...,
___is the possessive form of it,
In informal writing it is accepta...
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" " Quotation Marks
To indicate material that is bein...,
In a quote place commas and termi...,
Unless they are part of the origi...
14
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. . . Ellipsis
To indicate an omission of more t...,
In___ each period should have a s...,
In informal writing ___can be use...
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– En Dash
The___ is slightly wider than the...,
The en dash is slightly wider tha...,
The en dash is slightly wider tha...
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- Hyphen
Never use___in place of an en das...,
Two or more words that collective...,
When the compound adjective begin...
13
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/ Slash
As shorthand for per use___,
As shorthand for and use___,
As shorthand for or use___
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— Em Dash
___can be used in place of commas...,
The em dash can take the place of...,
When using em dashes in place of ...
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< > Angle Brackets
To contain an email address or we...,
To signal inequalities use___,
To denote words that are thought ...
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