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| A Verb meaning TO DETERMINE THE VALUE, QUANTITY, OR AMOUNT OF SOMETHING |
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| a Verb means TO INFLUENCE |
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| a Verb means TO CAUSE OR IMPLEMENT; as a Noun, it is THE IMPACT OR RESULT OF SOMETHING ELSE |
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| refers TO ADVICE ITSELF OR TO THE PROCESS OF GIVING ADVICE |
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| refers TO A GROUP OF PEOPLE |
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| refers to INDIVIDUAL ITEMS |
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| refers to UNCOUNTABLE BULK OR QUALITY |
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| refers to MONEY, the CEO of a school, and the MAIN ELEMENT |
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| refers to A BELIEF OR CONCEPT |
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| a group of related words without a subject AND a verb |
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| A group of related words with a subject AND a verb |
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AND BUT OR NOR YET FOR
Connect clauses of equal strength |
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| Subordinating Conjunction |
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IF AS BECAUSE ALTHOUGH AFTER UNLESS SO WHEN
Connect clauses of unequal strength |
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| contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses |
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| contains two independent clauses and no dependent clauses |
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| contains one independent cluase and one or more dependent clauses |
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| Compound-complex sentence |
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| contains a minimum of one dependent and two independent clauses |
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| a clause in which the actor is the subject |
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a clause in which the object of the action is the subject
-only transitive verbs can be written in passive voice |
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requires a direct object that receives the action of the verb
-can be written in passive voice |
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| does not require a direct object |
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1) to divide clauses joined by a coordinating conjuction
2)After introductory element: introductory phrase, dependent clauses, and transitional words.
3)To divide all items in series
4)To divide adjacent adjectives that could be divided w/ the word and OR that could be reverse w/o changing the meaning
5)To divide nonessential, interrupting sentence elements from essential sentence element
6)before and after year, when Month Day n Year order
7)Before and after the last element of an address except ZIP code is the last.
*no comma before a partial quotation. |
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1)to divide two independent clauses w/o a coordinating conjuction
2)before a conjunctive adverb that joins two independent clauses;e.g. however,nevertheless, thus, hence)
3)to prevent confusion; to many commas
4)before e.g. and i.e. if no () |
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-only one space after a colon
-no capital letter to start after colon
1)proceded by a full independent claus
emphasis lever: , < 1), 2)...<1. 2.
2) after the salutation in formal busness letters |
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-no space before or after a dash
1)To set off interrupters or to emphasize
2)to introduce (in place of a colon) |
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1)Prefixes
-prefix ends with the same letter that begins the main word
-words that can be mistaken
-misprounced words
-caplitalized base; e.g. non-American
-base is a number; e.g. pre-1990
2)when compound adjectives precede a noun/pronoun
3)No hyphens when prefixes pre, re, semin, or sub are used. |
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| 1)to off set incidental comment, to introduce abbreviation that will used later in the document, or to enclose enumerations. |
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1)direct quotation marks; a quotation w/in a quotation = single quotation marks
2)correct use with other punctuations
-after a period, a question mark, or a exclamation point
-before semicolon or colon that come at the end of a sentence. |
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1)a space before and after each ellipsis
2)to indicate omitted text, retaining same punctuation marks |
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1)With abbreviations and not with acronyms; e.g. Dr. Jr. Mr./Ms. C.W.Smith Ave. Corp. Inc. Ltd. a.m.(AM) et al. etc. e.g. i.e. No.(Nos.)
2)avoid commas n colons at the end of items in a bulleted list.
3)with a polite request that asks for an action rather than yer/no response. |
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1)if a singular noun/pronoun does not end w/ s/z sound, add 's
2)' after the plural forms
3)no ' after personal possessive prounoun; ' after indefinite possessive pronouns
4)for singular, one-syllable nouns ending in s/z sound, add 's;for plural noun end in s/z sound, add only '; for singular, multi-syllable nouns ending in s/z sound, add only '.
5)For multiple owners of an item, add ' with the last owner; for individual ownership, add ' w/ each owner.
6)' for clarification in unusual constructions; e.g. two Ph.D.'s, all A's
7)When noun/pronoun occurs before -ing verb, use possessive case if the -ing(action) is emphasized; objective case if the emphasis is on the performer of the action.
-the possessive case is appropriate in most situations |
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| These words are always singular |
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| anyone, no one, everyone, either, neither, anybody, everybody, each, much, one, nobody |
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| when singular and pluar subjects are used together |
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| always place plural subject near the verb |
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| to make a statement of fact |
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to give a command/make a direct request. (always involves the implied second-person subject "you")
-command/explaining procedures |
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| to express a supposition, an indirect command/request, or a condition that is not true/not likely to be true. |
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1)spell out one through ten
2)always spell out numbers that begin sentences
3)Numeral in DATES, ADDRESSES, PERCENTAGE, and PAGE REFERENCES
3rd of March, March 3
5)Money = $4.75
6)large number = words + numerals
$4 million
7)Numerals to express decimals and whole numbers with fractions; spell out and hyphenate fractions that stand alone |
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1)Cap. the first word of a quoted complete sentence.
2)No cap. season, subjects
3)Cap. business and professional titles when they immediately precede names and when they appear in address
4)Cap. beginning and ending words and all the principal words in titles of organizations, reports, books, magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.;no cap. prepositions of four or fewer letters unless they begin/end the title; no cap. articles (a, an, and the), unless they begin the title
5)Cap. directions only when they refers to a specific area
6)Cap. specific academic degrees; e.g. Bachelor of Science degree or bechelor's degree |
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