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Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 2
Practice comma usage by correcting any comma errors in these 20 sentences.
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Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 4
Practice comma usage by placing commas correctly in each sentence.
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Grammarly Handbook: Comma Before And
This page focuses on the use of a comma before the word "and." It explains using a comma between items in a series with the use of "and" and before "and" when it is in front of an independent clause. Examples are provided.
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Tls Books: Writing the Date [Pdf]
This printable worksheet provides an opportunity for students to practice using commas in dates correctly. An answer sheet is provided
Quia
Quia: Phonological Awareness
This proofreading exercise asks students to read sentences and using the drop-down menu to select the correct choice for the blank. These sentences cover capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and usage.
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Illinois State U.: Punctuation Made Simple Semicolon
What purpose does a semicolon serve in punctuation? Explore this website to learn more about this small but powerful grammar tool.
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Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
A PowerPoint slide explaining common sentence errors and how to correct them. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
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Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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Library Online: Colon and Semicolon Punctuation in Writing
Rules and examples in list form demonstrating the proper use of both the colon and semicolon.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starting Participles
In this lesson plan, Roni Schotter's picture book entitled The Boy Who Loved Words is used as the mentor text. This Language Arts Common Core Standards-aligned lesson plan pre-writing task engages young scholars in writing a collection...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quotation Marks
Use this site to learn how to properly use quotation marks in stories, poems, articles, and speeches.
The Tongue Untied
University of Oregon the Tongue Untied: Semicolon
Discover more about semicolon usage when you visit this informative resource. Students and teachers will benefit from the examples listed for semicolon use.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Commas in Dates Quiz
Rules for comma use in dates are simple. Review them here, then take the quiz to assess understanding.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma
This page focuses on comma use; it explains the importance of the comma and provides an example of how drastically a comma can change the meaning of a sentence. It also provides links to 38 different pages of comma rules and examples.
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Grammarly Blog: What Is a Comma?
This page explains that a comma is a "soft stop" in writing and provides examples of its use.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Usage
This page focuses on some of uses for commas and provides examples of each. These rules include separating items in a series, separating repeating words, to offset information, noun of address, and even change nouns to verbs.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma in Dates
This page focuses on the use of commas when writing dates; a comma is used to separate the day from the month, and the date from the year. Examples are provided.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Splice
This page focuses on the misuse of commas by using them to connect two independent clauses, resulting in a comma splice. It offers examples and suggestions for correcting them. It also provides exceptions to the rule with examples.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma With Subjects and Verbs
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma when it is used to separate the subject of the sentence from the verb. It provides examples of such sentences and one exception to the rule.
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Grammarly Blog: Question Mark
Rules and examples for using question marks correctly in sentences.
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Grammarly Blog: Exclamation Mark
This page explains the uses of exclamation marks including when to use and not use them and provides examples.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Use Around Interrupters
This page focuses on the need for commas around interrupters in sentences and provides examples. Common interrupters include in fact, to say the least, however, generally speaking, sadly, happily, and unfortunately. Nouns of address can...
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Grammarly Blog: End of Sentence Punctuation
This page discusses end of sentence punctuation with links to periods, exclamation marks, and question marks.