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... 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 the handheld meat ... per- cent of the apostrophes I see in all sorts of official spots. Plus, despite the fact that bagels are extremely delicious, they don’t deserve a capital letter. Sigh. Such are the d...

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... Sincerely, E. Neil Johnson May 31, 2010 70 71 73 74 78 72 75 76 77 79 07_ 599321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11:21 PM Page 47 48 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 07_ 599321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11:21 ... pronouns don’t 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 Concre...

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... offer. Your friend, Greg 76 77 79 78 80 63 Chapter 4: Finishing What You Start: Writing Complete Sentences 08_599321 ch04.qxp 4/3/06 11:20 PM Page 63 60 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar ... 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...

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... Commas separate the day from the year, the whole date from the rest of the sen- tence, and each part of the address (the house number and street, city, and state). A comma also follows the address. ... interrupters: They comment on or otherwise inter- rupt the main idea of the sentence and thus are set off by commas. In these sentences, the interrupters are italicized: Ci...

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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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... in the corner at parties murmur- ing, “Just forget about me.” Instead, they scream, “I’m important! Pay attention, NOW,” wherever they appear. Happily, placing these marks in the proper spots ... 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,...

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... Cutie Patootie, Charlie 62 63 65 67 68 69 70 73 75 77 61 64 66 78 74 76 71 72 79 80 06_599321 ch02.qxp 4/3/06 11:23 PM Page 33 22. When Rachel’s poodle dug up the wig, she had to use paint remover ... 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 contr...

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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 ... to keep quiet. A. their. The sentence expresses possession, so you want the first choice. The second there is location, and the third means they are. If you plug they are into th...

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... 49 48 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 07_ 599321 ch03.qxp 4/3/06 11:21 PM Page 48 Seeking Out the Subject/Verb Pair The subject/verb pair is the heart and soul of the sentence. ... pairs form a closed circle: The thought they express is complete. That’s the quality you want, because otherwise your reader echoes the outlaw who, with his head in the...

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... com- plete. Make sure that the sentence follows the rules outlined in this chapter instead of counting words. Take a test drive with the questions in this section. Decide whether the sentence is complete ... store. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 70 . The...

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