Laying out the correst 2 pptx

... meaning it is. ߜ Their/there/they’re: The first shows possession (the birds grasped seeds in their beaks). The second is a location (don’t go there). The third is a contraction meaning they are. ߜ ... I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 07_599 321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11 :21 PM Page 40 22 . When Rachel’s poodle dug up the wig, she had to use paint remover to clean ____...

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... meaning it is. ߜ Their/there/they’re: The first shows possession (the birds grasped seeds in their beaks). The second is a location (don’t go there). The third is a contraction meaning they are. ߜ ... Your Cutie Patootie, Charlie 62 63 65 67 68 69 70 73 75 77 61 64 66 78 74 76 71 72 79 80 06_599 321 ch 02. qxp 4/3/06 11 :23 PM Page 33 22 . When Rachel’s poodle dug up the wig, s...

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... mix. K they’re. The sentence tells you that they are always late, and the short form of they are is they’re. 44 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 07_599 321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11 :21 ... Johnson May 31, 20 10 70 71 73 74 78 72 75 76 77 79 07_599 321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11 :21 PM Page 47 48 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 07_599 321 ch03.qx...

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... 4/3/06 11 :20 PM Page 49 48 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 07_599 321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11 :21 PM Page 48 Seeking Out the Subject/Verb Pair The subject/verb pair is the heart ... happens whenever the cow jumps over the moon?” The thought is not complete. 21 . The cow, who used to work for NASA until she got fed up with the bureaucracy. ___________...

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... heat. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 54 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 08_599 321 ch04.qxp 4/3/06 11 :20 PM Page 54 63. Who in the world wants an “I love math” tee shirt _____ 64. ... com- plete. Make sure that the sentence follows...

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... sentence. t They (S)/lapped (V). The action here is lapped, which unites nicely with they. Completeness rules! u incomplete. The reader is waiting to hear something about the cow. The way the sentence reads ... likes math. 1 . (period). Another statement, another period. 2 ? (question mark). The does in this sentence signals a question, so you need a question mark. 3 . (period)....

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... stricter than the bouncer at this year’s most popular club, want you to insert a comma before the and or whatever word joins the last two items of the list. 10_599 321 ch05.qxp 4/3/06 11 :22 PM Page ... list ends and another begins. Commas do the same thing in sentences. Perhaps Professor MacGregor wants you to do the following: ߜ Go on the Internet. ߜ Locate the origin of th...

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... his cellphone. 22 . Cindy on the other hand checked the phone number in the pizza directory she had thoughtfully stashed in her purse. 23 . Yes pizza was an excellent idea. 24 . The toppings unfortunately ... commas where you need them in these sentences. Q. On December 12 2007 I received a letter from Evelyn O’Hara, who now resides at 722 Park Avenue New York City New York 10 027...

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... you tell our audience about the sport? Here you see the benefit of the direct-address comma. Without it, the reader thinks I know Mort is the beginning of the sentence and then lapses into confusion. ... comma. v Cindy, on the other hand, checked the phone number in the pizza directory she had thoughtfully stashed in her purse. The expression inside the commas makes a co...

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... the front of other words, thereby changing the meaning. Most prefixes attach without hyphens, but a couple (self-, for example) tend to appear with hyphens. As with other punctuation marks, the ... make sense without the commas. Cindy isn’t attached to the interrupter, let’s just say, but absent the commas, the reader runs all those words together. Penalty box! You have to add...

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