Punctuation and mechanics

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Common Errors Workbook: Punctuation and mechanics

23. Capitalizing with colons, parentheses, and quotations

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3

24. Colons misused with lists

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3

25. Comma splices

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Sentence Practice 3 Sentence Practice 4 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3 Paragraph Practice 4 Paragraph Practice 5

26. Commas with long introductory modifiers

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3

27. Commas with that and which clauses

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Sentence Practice 3 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3 Paragraph Practice 4 Paragraph Practice 5

28. Contractions

Introduction Examples Sentence Exercises 1 Sentence Exercises 2

29. Do not use a comma to set off a because clause that follows a main clause

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3

30. Do not use an apostrophe to make a noun plural

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3

31. Do not use dashes as periods

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice Paragraph Practice 2

32. Hyphens with numbers

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice Paragraph Practice

33. Identifying compound sentences that require commas

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Sentence Practice 3 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3 Paragraph Practice 4 Paragraph Practice 5

34. Making abbreviations and acronyms plural

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice Paragraph Practice

35. Possessive forms of personal pronouns never take the apostrophe

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3 Paragraph Practice 4 Paragraph Practice 5

36. Punctuation of abbreviations and acronyms

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice Paragraph Practice

37. Quotations within quotations

Introduction Examples Sentence Practice 1 Sentence Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 1 Paragraph Practice 2 Paragraph Practice 3

38. Semicolons

Introduction Examples Sentence Exercise 1 Paragraph Exercise 1 Paragraph Exercise 2

39. The art of typing a dash

40. Using periods, commas, colons, and semicolons with parentheses

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