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GRAMMAR MANIA

GRAMMAR MANIA. PROPER NOUN VERSUS COMMON NOUN!. Claudius is the King of Denmark and the king of Gertrude’s heart . COMMAS AND CONJUNCTIONS AND ChaMELEONS …OH MY!. The chameleon auditioned for the musical but did not have the charisma or the chops to make the cut.

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GRAMMAR MANIA

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  1. GRAMMAR MANIA

  2. PROPER NOUN VERSUS COMMON NOUN! Claudius is the King of Denmark and the king of Gertrude’s heart.

  3. COMMAS AND CONJUNCTIONS AND ChaMELEONS…OH MY! The chameleon auditioned for the musical but did not have the charisma or the chops to make the cut. The chameleon was not upset, for he believed deep down he deserved the lead.

  4. [F.A.N.]B.O.Y.S. in THE HOOD!

  5. OXFORD COMMAS Rule!

  6. APPOSTIVE PHRASES! The movie that best exemplifies Brad Pitt’s beauty, A River Runs Through It, showcases a young Brad who is quite “the catch.” The movie A River Runs Through It makes Ms. Sieker cry when Paul, the incredibly charming and attractive brother, dies.

  7. NEW SCHOOL APOSTROPHE ALERT! “Camus’s guilty face” versus “Socrates’ classiness”

  8. SEPARATE AND JOINT POSSESSION! Whole Foods is Hannah and Jina’s Monday night date spot. Ms. Sieker’s and Ms. Howerton’s students took a field trip to Whole Foods andgorged on gluten-free goodness.

  9. NEVER USE AN APOSTROPHE WITH THE PLURALIZATION OF DECADES, FAMILY NAMES, or ACRONYMs! After staying at various YMCAs in the 1980s, Mister Meow-gee finally settled down in a home with The Davises. Due to his time as an orphan, he is a wise cat whom the neighborhood kittens treat as a guru.

  10. SEMI-COLONS CONNECT RELATEDINDEPENDENT CLAUSES! Tiddlywinks loves to play dress up; his favorite costume is his pig outfit.

  11. SEMI-COLONS & TRANSITION PHRASES! Lady Marmalade loves snow cones; however, she abhors the way it turns her tongue purple.

  12. SEMI-COLONS CAN SERVE AS SUPERCOMMAS!!! After Meredith and Aiden’s wedding, they plan on honeymooning in Reykjavik, Iceland; Prague, Czech Republic; and Dublin, Ireland.

  13. COLONS SET UP APPOSITIVE PHRASES! The image on the following slide combines Ms. Sieker’s greatest loves: penguins and fetuses.

  14. (so cute)

  15. COLONS SET UP LISTS!!! Ms. Sieker particularly enjoys three distinct characteristics of tiny fetuses: They are translucent, they have big black eyes, and they have fins for hands.

  16. COLONS SET UP QUOTATIONS!!! In the age-old war over who was cuter—babies or fetuses—the fetuses professed their superiority with the following declaration: ”You will NOT defeat us!!!”

  17. Use the dash to emphasize parenthetical information!!! Tallahassee is notorious for being a bad driver—an evil, malicious driver—who often runs over dogs for kicks.

  18. Use dashes to offset lists! Sinclair endured all sorts of torture—heckling, teasing, jeering, and mocking—on account of his face being permanently frozen in a funky expression.

  19. Use dashes to set up a list, a restatement, an amplification, or a dramatic shift in tone or thought!!! Muffin-top has terrible social anxiety, so please don’t pet him—don’t even look at him!!!

  20. THE END?

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