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Purdue University Owl: Using Hyphens
Do you know when to use hyphens? Here's a resource that lists when to use hyphens in adjectives, in compound numbers, after prefixes, and in between line breaks with examples of each.
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Purdue University Owl: Quotation Marks Exercise
Practice using quotation marks and italics in this brief exercise. Check your answers when you're done.
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Purdue University Owl: Commas With Non Essential Elements
This tutorial focuses on the use of commas in nonessential elements whether they are words, phrases, or clauses. Links to practice exercises are provided.
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Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #2
Put in commas wherever they are needed in the ten sentences provided. Check your answers when you are done.
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Purdue University Owl: Conciseness
Word choice is a must for successful writers, so choose your words wisely and learn to be concise.
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Purdue University Owl: Writing a Book Review
The Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) resource provides directions for how to write a book review.
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Purdue University Owl: Submitting the Conference Proposal
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) resource provides instructions for submitting a conference proposal.
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Purdue University Owl: Presenting the Conference Paper
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) module explains how to present a conference paper.
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Purdue University Owl: Journal Abstracts
The Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) module explains how to write a journal abstract.
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Purdue University Owl: Submitting the Journal Abstract
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains to process for submitting a journal abstract.
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Purdue University Owl: Book Proposals
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) explains to process for making book proposals.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Tense Consistency Exercise 1
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with applying consistent verb tenses.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Ible and Able Spelling Exercise 2
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with the -ible and -able suffixes.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Accept/except Spelling Exercise
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice in applying the use of accept and except. L.11-12.2b Spelling
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Ei/ie Spelling Rules Exercise 3
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice exercises applying the ie and ei spelling patterns correctly.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying sentence fragments and then fixing them.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Run Ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice identifying run-on sentences, comma splices, and fused sentences.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Eliminating Wordiness Exercise 3
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with revising writing by having students read and revise a passage to reduce redundancy and wordiness.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 4
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with count and noncount nouns.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Count and Noncount Nouns Exercise 5
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with count and noncount nouns, particularly articles.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Quantity Terms With Count and Noncount Nouns
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice related to quantity terms when they appear with count and noncount nouns.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Tense Consistency Exercise 2
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice related the consistent use in verb tense.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Ible and Able Spelling Exercise 1
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with adding -ible or -able as suffixes to words based on the context of sentences.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Prepositions of Direction: To, on (To), in (To)
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with prepositions of directions (to, on, onto, in, into).