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More About Punctuation

Chapters 29-31. More About Punctuation. English Brushup, 5E John Langan. Special Uses of the Apostrophe. Use an apostrophe and an - s to form the plurals of each of the following:. Letters . Jedd always got A’s in Spanish. 2. Numbers . My address has many 8’s in it.

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More About Punctuation

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  1. Chapters 29-31 More About Punctuation English Brushup, 5EJohn Langan

  2. Special Uses of the Apostrophe Use an apostropheand an -sto form the plurals of each of the following: • Letters. • Jedd always got A’s in Spanish. • 2. Numbers. • My address has many 8’s in it. • 3. Words used as words. • The chorus of that song has a lot of baby’s in it.

  3. Do Not Use The Apostrophe • Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives do not use apostrophes. • We can recognize an Appaloosa by its distinct spots. • The spurs are ours.

  4. Special Uses of Quotation Marks To mark a quote within a quote. For this purpose, use single quotes. Jamie said, “My favorite short story is ‘Twirling’by Carolyn Murphy.” To set off special words or phrases from the rest of a sentence. Rob’s “nutritious lunch” consisted of a candy bar and a bag of corn chips.

  5. Quotation Marks and Other Punctuation • Periods and commas at the end of a quotation always go INSIDE the quotation marks. • Semicolons and colons at the end of a quotation always go OUTSIDE the quotation marks. • Question marks and exclamation points go OUTSIDE the quotation marks only if they apply to the entire sentence. Otherwise, they go INSIDE. • Frank wondered, “Where is the ship taking us?” • What will happen when I say, “Shazam”?

  6. SEMICOLON (;) • Use thesemicolonto join items in a series when the items contain commas. I packed up all my birthday presents: the model airplane, which my brother gave me; the new mystery novel, which was from my Aunt Rose; and the stereo system, which my parents gave me.

  7. HYPHEN (-) 1 . Put a hyphen between two parts of a fraction. The stereo is now one-half off. 2. Hyphenate compound numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine. It will cost seventy-one dollars to repair the glass. 3. Use a hyphen after the prefixes all-, ex-, and self-. There’s your ex-girlfriend. She’s so self-centered.

  8. DASH (—) • Use thedashto signal the end of a list. Two exams, an essay, an oral quiz, and a presentation—and that’s just what I have to do before finals start.

  9. PARENTHESIS ( ) • Use parentheses to enclose letters or numbers that signal items in a series. • After school, I have to (1) attend my club meetings, (2) finish my history project, and (3) study for my tests.

  10. UNDERLINE AND ITALICS • Underline or italicize titles of long works: • books (The Sun Also Rises) • magazines (Newsweek) • newspapers (USA Today) • movies (Titanic) • plays (Death of a Salesman) • television series (The Simpsons) • record albums (Nevermind)

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