Transcript Grammar Rules

Concept: book titles
Grammar Rules:
--book titles are capitalized and
underlined
--an apostrophe + s shows
possession
-- with superlatives like
good/better/best, use the highest
one if there is no comparison
Example:
the book the warden is
considered among the better of
trollopes many novels
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Concept: rules for a list
Grammar Rules:
--use a colon to begin a list
--commas after adverbs (first)
--use semi-colons to separate
items in a list if there are commas
--take out unnecessary words like
“there are”
Example:
several steps are necessary to
replace a damaged modem first
eject the modem second uninstall
the software then replace the
broken one with a new one
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Concept: “off,” not “off of”
Grammar Rules:
--enunciation: use HAVE not OF
(would have, could have)
--commas before conjunctions to
fix run-on sentences
--use “off,” not “off of”
Example:
they would of froze during the
blizzard but they seen an empty
house that protected them from
the biting winds coming off of
the appalachian mountains
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Concept: movie titles
Grammar Rules:
--movie titles are underlined and
capitalized
--capitalize proper nouns
--capitalize “I”
Example:
lee was watching the movie the
sixth sense—at least i think he
said that—when the dvd player
stopped working
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Concept: semi-colon
Grammar Rules:
--use a semi-colon to fix a run-on
without a conjunction
--put a comma after an
introductory phrase
--no one is two words!
--put –ly after an adverb
Example:
james rung the bell at the delivery
entrance when noone answered
he left quick
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Concept: pronouns: I/me is always last
Grammar Rules:
--pronouns: I or me is always last
--irregular verb: past tense of
“catch” is :caught”
--homophones: two = number,
too = also
--put a hyphen in a compound
number
Example:
i and my brother catched the train
at fifty second and green streets
unfortunately, we got off of the
train two soon
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Concept: comma after introductory phrase
Grammar Rules:
Example:
--comma after introductory phrase
because in order to repair youre
--homophone: your = belongs to
damaged motorcycle, they’ll have
you, you’re= you are
to do a lot of repairing
--take out redundant words
--a lot is always two words
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Concept: comma+conjunction
Grammar Rules:
--use a comma + conjunction to
Example:
fix a run-on
he could of swam/swum to that
--enunciation: use have, not of
reef but its to stormy to try that
(would have, could have)
--homophone: to = towards, two =
number, too = also
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Concept: using “because”
Grammar Rules:
--sentences CAN start with
because WHEN the phrase
is subordinate (exists because
of the other phrase)
--a plural subject needs a plural
verb
--pronouns: I/me comes last
Example:
me and my brother weared blue
jeans we wasnt admitted to the
bigelow restaurant
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Concept: misplaced modifier
Grammar Rules:
--modifier: word/phrase that
describes a noun
Example:
--misplaced modifier: the phrase the woman drived that there blue
looks like it is describing the
car wearing a white scarf
wrong thing
--“that there” is redundant
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Concept: apostrophes
Grammar Rules:
--apostrophes show ownership
OR a contraction
--your = belongs to you,
you’re = you are
--comma after introductory
phrase
--capitalize proper nouns
Example:
because your late finishing the
book report youll have to give we
girls the books to take to daves
house
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Concept: subject-verb agreement
Grammar Rules:
--remove unnecessary words
--a singular subject needs a
singular verb
--comma before conjunction to
fix a run-on
--use apostrophe in a contraction
Example:
my grandfather he dont always
have time to call us on our
Birthdays but he does send
cards and presents
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Concept: semi-colon
Grammar Rules:
--use a semi-colon to fix a run-on
if there is no conjunction
--always put comma after
however
--states are proper nouns
--put apostrophe in contraction
Example:
they wont be going to florida this
spring however they’ll be going to
connecticut
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Concept: commas in a list
Grammar Rules:
--if there aren’t already commas,
use a comma to separate items
in a list
--pronouns: I/me goes last
--use colon to begin a list
--homophones: two = 2,
too = also, to = towards
Example:
i and my sister have chose to do
the following start shopping for
video games compare prices on
line and buy from to different
stores
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Concept: homophones
Grammar Rules:
--homophones: their = belongs
to them, there = location;
your = belongs to you,
you’re = you are
--use regardless, not irregardless
Example:
there car would not start
irregardless of what they tried
they finally called youre friend
i think
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Concept: question mark
Grammar Rules:
--use apostrophe in a contraction
--commas go before/after an
appositive phrase: a phrase
that gives extra information
--question marks always go at
ends of questions!
Example:
wasnt that a great softball game
we seen with mark and erin
your friends
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Concept: quotation marks
Grammar Rules:
--put quotation marks around
everything someone specifically
says
--long book-length poems are
underlined
--comma before you continue an
interrupted quotation
Example:
the long poem the lady of the
lake was wrote by sir walter scott
phillip said and is consider one
of the poets best
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Concept: teach or learn?
Grammar Rules:
--teach = giving information,
learn = receiving information
--quotation marks for direct
speech of someone
--question marks (?) go inside the
quotation marks (“ ”)
Example:
when will you learn me to use
this video game maria asked
do i have to ask you in another
three months
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Concept: book titles/paintings
Grammar Rules:
--book titles and paintings are
underlined and capitalized
--either “wrote” or “has written,”
but never “has wrote”
Example:
he has wrote a novel entitled
the lonely desert and sold a
painting called illuminations
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Concept: passive/active voice
Grammar Rules:
--homophones: fare = price/how
are you doing, fair = right or good
--turn passive voice to active
voice
-passive: subject has something
done TO it
-active: subject does something
Example:
its never fare weather was sang
by jess at the concert presented
at the heritage building
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Concept: since/because
Grammar Rules:
--only use words like because or
Example:
since if they form an intro. phrase
since we may of drank the
at beginning of sentence
orange juice but we didnt touch
--comma before conjunction to
the fruint punch
fix a run-on
--use have not of (i.e. would have)
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Concept: write out numbers below 100
Grammar Rules:
--spell out any number under 100
Example:
--double negatives are bad: using
jamal dont want nothing returned
two words that are negative
but newsweek and people the
together
2 magazines he give to them
--magazine titles are underlined
students
--keep tense the same throughout
(past OR present, not both)
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Concept: superlatives
Grammar Rules:
--comma before direct quotation
--superlatives: when comparing 3
or more, use good/better/best
--capitalize first word of quotation
--use exclamation mark to show
strong feeling/emotion
Example:
jasmine announced angrily the
better of them three runners didnt
even place in that there marathon
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Concept: burst or bust
Grammar Rules:
--you can use “burst” or “busted,”
but never “bursted”
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
there is no conjunction
--if “mom” is a name, it is
capitalized
Example:
the oil pipe bursted during the
morning during the afternoon
mom founded a a plumber to
repair them
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Concept: pas tense of bring
Grammar Rules:
--take out unnecessary words
--use have, not of (could have)
--the past tense of bring is
always brought
Example:
the man who was the one
wearing the blue work shirt
should have brung his wife and
child with he
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Concept: subject-verb agreement
Grammar Rules:
Example:
--capitalize proper adjectives
the australian aborigine have
(i.e. English class)
knowed for a long time what it
--irregular verb: past tense of
means to be persecuted dont
know is known
you think
--a race of people is considered
singular and needs a singular verb
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Concept: abbreviations
Grammar Rules:
--put a period after abbreviations
(i.e. Dr. St. Ave. Mr. Mrs.)
--use whom for a person, that
for an object
--keep tense the same (either
past OR present)
--plane titles are underlined
Example:
the spirit of st louis was the plane
whom charles lindbergh flies in
across the atlantic
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Concept:
Grammar Rules:
--article titles get quotation marks
and are capitalized
--use period to avoid run-on
sentence (when other clause is a
question)
--use the correct pronoun with its
antecedent
Example:
the future of the internet is the
name of a article in this Computer
magazine do you want to read
them
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Concept: parallelism
Grammar Rules:
--write out numbers below 100
--put hyphen in compound #
--colon to start a list; commas in
a list to separate
--parallelism: phrases in a list
should have the same verb form
Example:
38 customers should of did the
following examined the
merchandise returned it and they
should of wrote a letter of
complaint
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Concept: reduction
Grammar Rules:
--comma before direct quotation
--capitalize first word of quote
--enunciation: use have, not of
--reduction: if the same subject
has two verbs, combine the
phrase (he drove and talked)
Example:
dad said you could of raise the
window for more air or you could
of open the door for more air
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Concept: reduction of unnecessary words
Grammar Rules:
--reduction: make phrases as
short (concise) as possible
--“has given” or “gave,” but never
“has gave”
--capitalize names of towns
Example:
the man who was chosen to be
the club president by election has
gave many years of service to the
Town of farmingdale
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Concept: titles of books/poems
Grammar Rules:
--books are underlined, poems
are put in quotation marks; both
are capitalized
--commas go around appositive
phrases: phrases that give extra
information
Example:
the invisible ladder is a book of
poetry that contains the touching
selection called to dorothy a
poem about love
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Concept: appositive phrase
Grammar Rules:
--put commas around appositive
phrases: phrases that give extra
information about something
--singular nouns need singular
verbs
--underline magazine titles
Example:
writer’s digest a extremely
useful magazine about writing
dont contain a lot of colored
photographs
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Concept: subordination
Grammar Rules:
--sentences CAN start with because
WHEN the phrase is subordinate
(exists because of the other phrase)
--reduction: if the same subject has
two verbs, combine the phrase
(he drove and talked)
--comma after intro. phrase
Example:
the woman was in a hurry to get
to work the woman in a hurry
drived the motorcycle reckless
and she had an accident
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Concept: pronoun case
Grammar Rules:
--to check for correct pronoun
use, take out the noun that
Example:
follows it (i.e. us teachers) and
he rode with the we boys but he
see if the sentence makes sense decided to ride in the volvo
--comma before conjunction to
fix a run-on
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Concept: passive/active voice
Example:
Grammar Rules:
--change sentence to active voice there are thirty eight students in
-passive: subject has action done TO it our class who have been studying
-active: subject DOES action
about the hindu religion judiasm
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
is being studied by ms
no conjunction
martinezs class
--capitalize religions (proper noun)
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Concept: holidays
Grammar Rules:
--holidays are proper nouns
--use an apostrophe to show
possession
--reduction: if same subject has
two verbs, combine the phrase
--underline movie titles
--comma after intro. phrase
Example:
on labor day the friends ate at
dagostinos restaurant and they
also saw the movie sleepy hollow
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Concept: musical titles
Grammar Rules:
--musical titles should be
underlined and capitalized
--comma before conjunction to
fix a run-on
--use apostrophes in contractions
Example:
natalie and mark want to go to
the musical ragtime and im sure
theyll like it
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Concept: tag questions
Grammar Rules:
--long book-length poems are
underlined and capitalized
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
there is no conjunction
--comma before a “tag question”
Example:
ive took the long poem the
prelude to read tonight i should
of began it sooner dont you
agree
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Concept: forms of “choose”
Grammar Rules:
-- “chose” or “was/has chosen,”
never “has chose”
--comma after intro. phrase
--magazine titles are underlined
and capitalized
Example:
because cameron has throwed
successful passes in many
games he was chose to be
interviewed for the community
magazine called around our town
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Concept: proper adjectives
Grammar Rules:
--underline book titles
--capitalize proper adjectives
--use quotation marks for direct
quotes
--period after abbreviations
Example:
the book the return of the native
is frequently studied in english
classes ms nash said this
afternoon
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Concept: let vs. leave
Grammar Rules:
--apostrophes for contractions
and possession
--let = allow, leave = go away from
--pronoun order: me/I goes last
--capitalize proper nouns
Example:
mom she wont leave me and
rick take james bike on
larchmont highway this
wednesday
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Concept: adverb– well vs. good
Grammar Rules:
--adverbs: well vs. good
--comma before conjunction to
fix run-on
--homophones: to, your
Example:
generally you write good but
today you have to many short
sentences in youre essay
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Concept: articles (a vs. an)
Grammar Rules:
--articles: a for consonants, an
for vowels
--comma after intro. phrase
--apostrophe for contractions
--quotation marks for direct
quotations
Example:
to be a accomplished athlete
youll have to run faster than
bobbi has ran said coach carter
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Concept: lie vs. lay
Grammar Rules:
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
no conjunction
--reduce: take out unnecessary
words
--lie vs. lay (you lie, you lay
something)
Example:
i was so tired i wanted too lay
down my dad he suggested that
i ate in an hour
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Concept: series
Grammar Rules:
--use colon to begin series
--comma after adverbs in a list
(first, second, last, etc.)
--use semi-colons to separate
items in a series with commas
--parallelism: keep phrases the
same—verb type is the same
Example:
the new employee was requested
to do these things first complete
the form second submit a
reference and third he was asked
to mail a resume to the
personnel office
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Concept: parenthetical expressions
Grammar Rules:
--articles have quotation marks
--books are underlined
--semi-colon to fix run-ons with
no conjunction
--commas around parenthetical
expressions
Example:
the article new digital
photography appears in the book
photography today it also
appears i believe in the book
how to take great pictures
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Concept: irregular verbs
Grammar Rules:
--comma after intro. phrase
--irregular verbs: some verbs
are a different word when they
become past tense (run-> ran)
--apostrophe for contractions
Example:
she was so angry she flinged
the letter in the fire and sweared
shed never speak to her sister
again
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Concept: compound adjective
Grammar Rules:
--hyphen for compound adjective
--comma before direct quote
--quotation marks for direct quotes
--capitalize proper adjectives
--use a colon in time
--periods in abbreviations
Example:
the self assured actor turned to
the director and asked will you be
auditioning talented actors for
the french movie at 230 pm on
friday
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Concept: addresses
Grammar Rules:
--capitalize proper nouns (street
names, cities, states, etc.)
--comma between street/city –
city/state – state/rest of sentence
--off, not off of
Example:
she lives at 319 beverly drive los
angeles california which is
located off of highway 108
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Concept: reduction
Grammar Rules:
--statues underlined/capitalized
--comma around appositive
phrases (extra information)
--comma between city/country
--reduction: create compound
predicate/subordination
Example:
the laocoon and his sons is a
statue in the vatican museum in
rome italy it was made on the
island of rhodes in greece and
later on it was sent to italy
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Concept: spoke/has spoken
Grammar Rules:
--reduction: take out unnecessary
words
--spoke or has spoken, never
has spoke
--commas around parenthetical
expressions
--underline book titles
Example:
my sister she has spoke many
times in fact about that book
the grapes of wrath
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Concept: double negatives
Grammar Rules:
--double negatives (one negative
word, never two together)
--songs go in quotation marks
--comma to fix run-on when there
is a conjunction
--capitalize store names
Example:
we havent no cd of the song
stand by me but i think you might
find it at freds music store
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Concept: parallelism
Grammar Rules:
--parallelism: keep verbs the
same
--always off, not off of
Example:
be careful not to fall off of the
mountain ledge and watching
out for falling rocks
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Concept: verb tense
Grammar Rules:
--bit or has bitten, not “has bit”
--only capitalize proper nouns!
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
there is no conjunction
--comma before “tag question”
Example:
that there dog has bit several
Children her owners would do
good to keep her muzzled dont
you think
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Concept: boat titles
Grammar Rules:
--boat titles underlined/capitalized
--commas around parenthetical
expressions
--verb: sank, not sunk
--use period to avoid run-on
--homophones: to, their
Example:
the boat mystic adventure by the
way sunk to years ago wasnt it
moored over their
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Concept: hyphenate compound numbers
Grammar Rules:
--capitalize proper nouns
--apostrophe for possession
--hyphenate compound numbers
--capitalize proper adjective
--reduction: take out unnecessary
words!
Example:
we went to joshs apartment
which is located on thirty ninth
avenue for the september
surprise party
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Concept: reduction
Grammar Rules:
--capitalize/underline paintings
--reduction: take out repetition
and unnecessary words!
--commas around appositive
phrases
--use the highest superlative
(good, better, best)
Example:
the portrait jan six the portrait that
was painted in 1654 is
considered the better work of
many paintings that rembrandt
completed
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Concept: quotation marks
Grammar Rules:
--comma after introductory
phrase
--poems/short stories get
quotation marks
--apostrophes in contractions
--always capitalize “I”
Example:
if youll help me memorize the
poem the raven ill help you
analyze the short story snowfall
in childhood
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Concept: double negatives
Grammar Rules:
--double negatives (one negative
word, never two together)
--hyphenate compound words
--verbs: has shown/grown, not
showed/growed
Example:
she hasnt never showed much
self assurance or growed much
from her mistakes
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Concept: active voice
Grammar Rules:
--enunciation: use have, not of
--when using “had” before a verb,
use the correct form
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
no conjunction
--keep voice ACTIVE throughout
Example:
he could of ran faster but he had
tore one of his tendons
consequently the race was lost
by him
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Concept: reduction
Grammar Rules:
--comma after intro. phrase
--reduction: eliminate
unnecessary words!
--hyphenate compound adj.
--homophone: their/there/they’re
Example:
to be able to complete there
science projects both rose and
sam the two who are juniors this
year will have a two weeks
extension
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Concept: enunciation
Grammar Rules:
--enunciation: have, not of
--period to avoid run-on
--comma after parenthetical
expression
--spoke or have spoken, never
have spoke
Example:
i should of spoke sooner about
my trip to nashville by the way
where is sandra right now
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Concept: commas for dates
Grammar Rules:
--reduction: eliminate
unnecessary words
--commas around appositive
phrases (extra information)
--comma between day/year and
year/rest of sentence
Example:
the sky rockets the group that
is a rock and roll band appeared
in the april 24 2004 concert in
phoenix
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Concept: plural possession
Grammar Rules:
--apostrophes after the s for
plural possession
--capitalize proper nouns
--homophones: to/two/too
Example:
the myers and bennetts boats
were damaged on lake
arrowhead when the to boats
collided
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Concept: starting sentences with because
Grammar Rules:
--went vs. gone
--homophone: there, their, they’re
--eliminate unnecessary words
--never start sentences with
because (unless it is a
subordinate phrase)
Example:
because we have went their
twice on our way to visit my
sisters and brothers Resort which
is located in northern
california
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Concept: subject-verb agreement
Grammar Rules:
--apostrophe for contraction
--plural nouns should have plural
verbs
--write out numbers below 100
--semi-colon to fix run-on when
there is no conjunction
Example:
were sure there is 8 speakers
participating in the symposium
such speakers will draw large
crowds
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Concept: days of the week
Grammar Rules:
--eliminate unnecessary words
--days of the week are capitalized
--comma before conjunction to
fix run-on
Example:
the three doctors all of them
british decided to give a lecture
on saturday but the classroom
was not available
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Concept: subordination
Grammar Rules:
--use phrases like because or
since to show subordination
(one phrase causes another)
--comma after intro. phrase
--correct “shook”
Example:
adam received the bad news he
was really shook
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Concept: pronoun-antecedent
Grammar Rules:
--remove unnecessary words
--commas around appositive
phrases
--plural nouns = plural pronouns
(pronoun-antecedent agreement)
--subject-verb agreement
Example:
there is three students who are
all sophomores who will earn
extra credit for his hard work
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Concept: addresses in letters
Grammar Rules:
--capitalize proper nouns (streets,
cities, states, month, company)
--period after abbreviation
--put zip code in proper address
--comma b/t city/state, date/year
Example:
4923 dunmore ave
syracuse ny
october 20 2010
digital software
1874 moore dr
boulder co 98922
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Concept: salutations in letters
Grammar Rules:
--capitalize important words in
business letters
--colon after greeting
--period after abbreviation
Example:
1) dear sir or madam
2) dear mr weiss
3) to whom it may concern
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Concept: regardless
Grammar Rules:
--quotation marks around
anything directly stated
--use regardless, not irregardless
--capitalize proper nouns
--choosed is not a word!
Example:
irregardless of the windy day
father said we choosed to drive
through yosemite national
park
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Concept: raise vs. rise
Grammar Rules:
--raise vs. rise
--inside, never inside of
--capitalize proper nouns
--underline newspaper title
--comma between day/month
and date/year
Example:
when i rose the lid of the box that
i found inside of the attic i seen
a copy of the herald tribune from
tuesday january 7 1958
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Concept: different from
Grammar Rules:
--use different from, NOT
different than
--capitalize proper nouns (city,
country, airplane title, nationality)
--commas between: city/country,
country/rest of sentence and
around appositive phrases
Example:
the japanese businessmen had
come to paris france to discuss
how the airbus a huge plane is
different than other planes
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Concept: titles
Grammar Rules:
--period after abbreviation
--comma after directly addressing
someone
--quotation marks for short stories
--underline book titles
Example:
dr wong is it true that you have
wrote the article the future of
computers and a book entitled
our digital world
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Concept: series
Grammar Rules:
--subject-verb agreement
--capitalize holidays
--colon to begin a series (list)
--comma to separate items in
a series
--brung is not a word!!
Example:
my parents was in europe at
christmas time and brung back
some gifts a box of videos a
bag of imported chocolate and
a set of luggage
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Concept: compound number
Grammar Rules:
--eliminate unnecessary words
--capitalize proper nouns
--hyphenate compound number
--subject-verb agreement
Example:
there is four classmates of mine
who have won a trip to see the
brooklyn bridge on the twenty
sixth of june
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Concept: misplaced modifier
Grammar Rules:
--commas around appositive
phrases
--move descriptive phrases close
to what they are describing
(called a misplaced modifier)
--capitalize proper nouns
Example:
lynn a friend of mine purchased
a pair of boots while in mexico
with tapered heels
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Concept: “all right”
Grammar Rules:
--quotation marks around
anything directly stated
--commas around interrupted
quotations
--“alright” should be “all right”
Example:
during the semester kim said
the classes in this here school
are alright
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Concept: conjunctive adverb
Grammar Rules:
--comma after intro. phrase
--semi-colon to fix run-on without
conjunction
--comma after words like
“therefore” (conjunctive adverb)
Example:
during the blizzard the doors of
our honda had froze shut
therefore we eat at home and
not at the village tavern
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Concept: proper adjectives
Grammar Rules:
--comma after intro. phrases
--capitalize proper adjectives
--period after abbreviations
--pronoun order: i/me always
comes last
--had seen, never had saw
Example:
behind the truck in the alley i
and my brother catched a
german pointer we had saw
running down parma rd earlier
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Concept: a or an
Grammar Rules:
--never start sentences with
because (unless it is a
subordinate phrase)
--underline book titles
--a comes before consonant,
an comes before vowel
Example:
because the students brung a
copy of time to class with a
article about the french
government
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Concept: compound direct object
Grammar Rules:
--colon between hr/min in time
--eliminate unnecessary words
(compound direct object)
--me or I always comes last!
--comma to separate items in list
Example:
at 415 mom drived me and my
friends to fairmount park where
we played softball and then we
played soccer and then we
played basketball
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Concept: double negatives
Grammar Rules:
--put apostrophe in contraction
--never ever use two negative
words together (double negative)
--capitalize proper nouns
Example:
the workers didnt pick up none
of the old clothes i had weared
and donated to the salvation
army
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Concept: play titles
Grammar Rules:
--may have, never may of
--underline play titles
--eliminate unnecessary adverbs
--adjectives do not end in –ly
--commas around appositive
phrases
Example:
our english teacher may of saw
millers death of a salesman a
awfully powerfully play at the
schubert theater in new york
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Concept: poem titles
Grammar Rules:
--quotation marks around poems
--write out numbers below 100
--create an extra phrase (in
commas) with “is exciting to read”
to keep from a run-on
--we vs. us.
Example:
the poem the raven is exciting to
read it is one of 6 poems ms
graham gave we students to
read
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Concept: active voice
Grammar Rules:
--underline newspaper titles
--comma after intro. phrases
--change passive voice to active
voice so there will not be a
dangling modifier
Example:
deciding to reply to the want
ad in the village voice a letter
was wrote by chad yesterday
morning
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Concept: homophones
Grammar Rules:
--homophones: their, there,
they’re
--we vs. us
--capitalize proper nouns
Example:
their interested in helping we
students—if we support dana
for student council president
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Concept: subordination
Grammar Rules:
--apostrophes: contractions,
possession
--quotation marks for short stories
--add “because” or “since” to
beginnings of sentences to create
subordination
Example:
i need more As on daily Tests
id better finish the short story
called a days work
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Concept: interrupted quotations
Grammar Rules:
-use quotation marks for anything
that is directly stated
-use colon to show the time
-keep verb tense the same
-periods after abbreviations
Example:
dr torres she called at 405 AM
vicky said and tells me about
the fire at the oceanview motel
on sunset boulevard
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Concept: subject-verb agreement
Grammar Rules:
-periods after abbreviations
-single subject = single verb
-remove unnecessary words
-use comma after intro. words
Example:
no mr smith dont have those
magazines that this here class
needs
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Concept: parallelism in a series
Grammar Rules:
-irregular verbs: choose becomes
chose
-use a colon before a list
-use commas to separate
items in a list
Example:
sarah and me choosed these
here activities at arts camp to
sculpt dancing sing and to
compose
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Concept: dates
Grammar Rules:
-underline names of ships
-commas– day/year, year/ rest of
sentence
-capitalize proper nouns and
proper adjectives
Example:
the british ocean liner lusitania
sunk in the atlantic ocean on
may 7 1915 on a voyage from
new york to liverpool
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Concept: song titles
Grammar Rules:
-quotation marks around song
titles
-write out numbers under 100
-capitalize any proper nouns
-hyphen for compound number
Example:
us students have began
practicing tomorrow the
best song on this here cd for
the 24th contemporary music
festival
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Concept: family names
Grammar Rules:
-if one phrase causes another
phrase to happen, use “because”
or “since” to begin the sentence
-homophones: to, too, two
-capitalize family names when
you call them by that name!
Example:
last summer grandfather growed
two many peaches he gived
some to father to make
preserves
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Concept: reduction
Grammar Rules:
-no double negatives
-capitalize proper nouns
-reduction: take out words that
you don’t need
Example:
we havent took no videos
to ridgewood middle school for
three years or so give or
take a few weeks
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Concept: appositive phrase
Grammar Rules:
-comma after intro. phrase
-pronouns: I/me comes last
-take out unnecessary words
-create appositive phrase with
extra information
Example:
after the reading prof diaz
introduced me and sam to sharon
gilmore whose a poet she told
us about her long poem the race
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Concept: commas after adverbs
Grammar Rules:
-put commas after adverbs like
first, then, etc.
-semi-colons to separate two
main clauses
-ONLY capitalize proper nouns
Example:
first he asked to who i was
emaling second he wanted to
to know who had rode a
Motorcycle down the alley
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Concept: interrupted quotations
Grammar Rules:
-quotation marks around all direct
speech
-capitalize family names when
you call them by that name!
-homophones: your, you’re
Example:
watch out for the newly planted
seeds in the garden mom
shouted or youll get fertilizer
on youre shoes
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Concept: pronouns
Grammar Rules:
-capitalize family names when
you call them by that name!
-underline magazine titles
-when listing people, put the
pronouns after the nouns
Example:
has dad spoke to she and kate
concerning an article in the
magazine sports illustrated about
snowboarding in the rocky
mountains
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Concept: double negatives
Grammar Rules:
-no one is two words, never one!
-capitalize proper nouns
-never use two negative words
together!
-underline painting titles
Example:
noone in my family has never
went to the art museum in
new york and saw monets
painting water lilies
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Concept: direct address
Grammar Rules:
-period after abbreviations
-comma after a direct address
-all right is always two words
-hyphenate compound numbers
-plural subjects = plural verbs
Example:
capt bookman is it alright to
assume that most of the thirty
eighth division personnel is from
texas
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Concept: proper nouns
Grammar Rules:
-capitalize proper nouns
-underline book titles
-comma after intro. phrase/clause
-period after abbreviations
Example:
after you have drew a map
showing the route from sheridan
blvd to highway 78 you may
continue reading the book great
expectations
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Concept:
Grammar Rules:
-plural subject = plural verb
-use the highest superlative when
only mentioning one!
-semi-colon to fix a run-on
-comma after conjunctive adverb
Example:
the salespeople at that there
store is the more helpful in town
for example one let me examine
all the videos inside of the Case
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