Laying out the correst 8 potx

... New York 10027, in the heart of Manhattan’s Upper East Side. 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 ... comma after the month and after the year, unless the year ends the sentence, in which case the endmark follows the year. ( The last cabbage will be picked on 30 Septemb...

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... possessive 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 Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics ... but the female doesn’t have a fender; the cycle does. Thus you need the possessive pronoun its. r theirs. One of the choices — their’s — doesn’t exist in proper English. The first...

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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 ... 4-1: Sample letter with incomplete and run-on sentences. 58 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 08_ 599321 ch04.qxp 4/3/06 11:20 PM Page 58 59 Cha...

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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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... 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 ... In other words, this section points out some dangers in the pronoun world and shows you how to steer clear of them. Specifically, I take you through the wonderful world of its/it’s,...

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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 ... PM Page 38 Try the following questions. Choose the correct word from the choices in parenthe- ses. Underline your selection. Q. Marybelle sewed (their/there/they’re) lips shut beca...

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... Page 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 i...

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... with incomplete and run-on sentences. 58 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 08_ 599321 ch04.qxp 4/3/06 11:20 PM Page 58 Okay, put on your thinking cap and decide whether you have a legally ... 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. Dec...

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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 ... me a minute to shudder at the small but important mistakes (and I don’t mean mistake’s) in bagel signage. First of all, the apostrophe (the little hook at the end of the word merch...

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