Punctuation: The Comma and The Apostrophe

Question 1

What are the 3 different ways to end a sentence?

Answer 1

. - My mom ate a cookie.

! - I’m going to eat so much candy!

? - What is a cat?

Question 2

Comma “,”

Answer 2

Def. Separating sentence elements such as:

1. List: Tofu, seaweed, and spam.
2. Dates: July 11, 2004
3. Other separations. Basically, anything.

Question 3

What do commas cannot do?

Answer 3

To be in the end of the sentence.

Question 4

Salutations and Valedictions

Answer 4

Salutation - The way you start a letter.

Valediction - The way you end a letter.

Question 5

Commas in space and time

Answer 5

Def. Putting commas to create a sense of space and time.

eg.,

1. Address - Nero Wolf, 454W 35th St, New York, NY 10001.
2. Dates - On Tuesday, October 5th, 2010, I ate a cricket.

Question 6

Commas and Introductory Sentences

Answer 6

Def. Separating an introductory dependent clause and an independent clause.

eg.,

1. When you come in, please take off your shoes.

Question 7

How can you unite two independent clauses?

Answer 7

Either with Comma + FANBOYS or with a semicolon(;).

Question 8

Commas and Introductory Sentence Adverbs

Answer 8

Def. Separating an introductory adverbs and the whole sentence.

eg.,

1. Initially, I was afraid.

Question 9

Tag Questions

Answer 9

Def. A statement that is asking for a question that must be separated by a comma.

eg.,

1. You like cheese, don’t you?

Question 10

Direct Address

Answer 10

Def. Directly addressing someone and must be separated with a comma.

eg.,

1. Paige, how are you?

Question 11

Yes-and-No commas

Answer 11

Def. When you are answering a question using yes and as an introductory element.

eg.,

1. No, I hate cheese.
2. Yes, I love cheese.

Question 12

Commas, Exclamations, and Questions in a Dialogue

Answer 12

Def. Commas are the start up ramp for the Dialogue Tag and Reported Speech. In contrast, if it is structured as Reported Speech and Dialogue Tag, then it should end with comma, questions, or exclamations.

eg.,

1. Roxanne said, “They are probably pirates.”
2. “They’re probably pirates,” Roxanne said.
3. “They’re probably pirates, right?” Roxanne said.
4. “They’re probably pirates!” Roxanne said.

Question 13

Appositives

Answer 13

Def. A noun phrase that redefines or clarifies its antecedent-(what comes before) that must be separated with commas.

eg.,

1. My older sister, Griselda, is going to college in the fall.
2. They stopped selling my favorite snack, the Cookie Cat.

Question 14

The Oxford Comma aka The Serial Killer Comma

Answer 14

Def. An argument where you should include or not include the last comma written on a list.

eg.,

1. My favorite artists are Daniel Caesar, Chris Brown, and Justin Bieber.
2. My favorite artists are Daniel Caesar, Chris Brown and Justin Bieber.

Question 15

What are the 3 things that an Apostrophe can do?

Answer 15

1. Contraction - I (did not) didn’t eat the cookie.
2. Possession - That was David’s argument paper.
3. Trying to make lowercase letter plural. - I am really bad at writing s’s.

Question 16

Contraction

Answer 16

Def. Contracting 2 words with apostrophe.

eg.,

I will - I’ll

That is - That’s

She would - She’d

Will not - Won’t

Question 17

Apostrophes and Plurals

Answer 17

Def. To make a lowercase letter plural. In contrast, if it is a capital letter, then it is wrong to add an apostrophe to make it plural.

eg.,

1. I want to get a’s in my report card.

Question 18

Possessives

Answer 18

Def. An idea that conveys possession when adding apostrophes or a pronoun.

eg.,

1. Apostrophe - The rabbit’s carrot was delicious.
2. Pronoun - That surfboard is his.

Question 19

What to do if a noun’s ending is “s” and you need to make it a possessive?

(n) Jess

Answer 19

Jess’s - add ‘ and s.

Question 20

Plural Possession

Answer 20

Def. A plural noun which is possessive.

eg.,

1. The men’s bathroom.(irregular plural possessive)
2. Five dogs’ bones.
3. The Mallaris’ house.
4. The Joneses’ house.

Question 21

Difference about its and it’s

Answer 21

Contraction - it’s - John said, “It’s a lovely day.”

Possessive - its - I like meat because of its rich flavor.