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Grammar and Pronouns. Watch out for pronouns: No I, me, my No You, your We, Us, Our Look for Let’s Watch out for these singular pronouns: Someone, Anyone, Somebody. Someone is amazing when (they / he or she) helps another student. NAFW = Not Appropriate for Formal Writing.
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Grammar and Pronouns • Watch out for pronouns: • No I, me, my • No You, your • We, Us, Our • Look for Let’s • Watch out for these singular pronouns: Someone, Anyone, Somebody. • Someone is amazing when (they / he or she) helps another student NAFW = Not Appropriate for Formal Writing
Grammar – Dependent Clauses 3. If your sentence starts with one of the following, you need a comma. If Because Although Since Even though As When While As if 4. The previous words do not receive a comma when they appear in the middle of sentence.
Grammar – To Be 5. Watch out for the little verb: Is / Are Was / Were Some synonyms that may work: equals, proves, reveals, demonstrates, equates,
Grammar – Commas 5. Where do commas go? No Comma in the Date 15 March 2014 Comma after the following: Sign Posts/Signal Words First of all, / Secondly, Fancy FANBOYS However, Moreover, Thus, Comma before the following: Comma FANBOYS … awesome, and he loves…
Transition Words: Because also besides that easy to see that in the same way following this further pursuing this further in the light of the... it is clearly, then furthermore additionally and in addition moreover