Laying out the correst 9 potx

... 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. ... always determine whether you need a comma, but in general the longer the introduction, the more likely you’ll need a comma. v Cindy, on the other hand, checked the phone...

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... 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 07_ 599 321 ch03.qxp ... 2010 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.qxp 4/3/06 11:21 PM Page 4...

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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_ 599 321 ch04.qxp 4/3/06 11:20 PM Page 58 59 Chap...

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... 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 ... line of the address ends and the next begins and between the city and state, which is standard practice. If the sentence continues after the address, insert a comma after...

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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 ... raise? 47 46 48 49 52 51 50 53 54 55 57 59 56 58 60 10_ 599 321 ch05.qxp 4/3/06 11:22 PM Page 79 78 Part II: Mastering Mechanics y Restlessly Brad pondered the pepperoni question as...

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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 ... Whose/who’s: The first shows possession (the bird whose beak is longest). The second is a contraction meaning who is. 38 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 0...

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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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... 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 and soul of the ... 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 no...

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... shoes. ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 56 Part I: Laying Out the Concrete Slab: Grammar Basics 08_ 599 321 ch04.qxp 4/3/06 11:20 PM Page 56 69. Having brushed the shoes carefully with a suede brush, which ... com- plete. Make sure that the sentence foll...

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... count, 99 .99 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 ... (Chapter 6). Tucked into Chapter 9 are the basics of capitalization. If all these details fry your brain, feel free to refresh yourself with a bagel or two. 09_ 599 321 pt2.qxp 4/3/...

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