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Yes, when you are listing things in the middle of a sentence. You can also use dashes to emphasize important words.
Can you ever use dashes in the middle of a sentence?
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To affect is to produce a change in something.
Effect is the result of something or the ability to bring about a result.
What's the difference between affect and effect?
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"She couldn't figure out whose jacket it was."
Fix the sentence.
"She couldn't figure out who's jacket it was." |
a. 1820s
Which is correct?
a. 1820s b. 1820's |
Because it's a historic event that we all know about.
Why is Louisiana Purchase capitalized?
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"The package should have arrived Monday, but it arrived today."
Spot the error: "The package should have arrived Monday: but it arrived today."
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Adding an -s to the end.
ex: backwards, towards, afterwards
Name a common mistake people make when using prepositions.
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"The school says it will need more money next year."
Fix the sentence.
"The school says they will need more money next year." |
Because they're outside of the continental United States.
Why do we always spell out Hawaii and Alaska?
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"9/11 happened on September 11, 2011."
Fix the sentence. "9/11 happened on Sept. 11/2001."
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No! Only nonessential clauses need commas around them.
Do essential clauses get commas around them?
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"The 12-year-old had three brothers."
Fix the sentence.
"The twelve-year-old had 3 brothers." |
Specify who "she" is in whatever way makes sense in the context of the sentence.
Fix the sentence.
"The girl and her sister knew she was going to be late." |
No! States should be spelled out in headlines.
Would you ever abbreviate a state's name in a headline?
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Because they are well-known agencies and have been for long enough for the public to know what they are.
Why can we abbreviate things like the FBI and the CIA in writing?
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"Mary, David and I went to the store."
Which comma should be taken away, according to AP Style? "Mary, David, and I went to the store."
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b. She needed to be there at 11 p.m..
You want to avoid redundancies.
Which is correct?
a. She needed to there tonight at 11 p.m.. b. She needed to be there at 11 p.m.. |
We change the sentence so that we the modifier goes with the correct nouns.
Fix the sentence.
"He read about bunnies in his office." "In his office, he read about bunnies." |
b. The rates went up eight percent this year.
Spell out eight, and always spell out percent instead of using the symbol.
Which is correct?
a. The rates went up 8% this year. b. The rates went up eight percent this year. |
A historic event is something that everyone would recognize, but a historical event can be anything that happened in the past.
What makes an event historic, as opposed to historical?
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A plural noun ending in -s followed by a word that starts with "s" just gets an apostrophe at the end. ex: "the hostess' seat"
"The hostess's seat" would be incorrect in a sentence. Why?
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a. She visited the two Kansas Citys.
Proper nouns that are plural don't have to end in "ies" if they end in a -y in their singular form.
Which sentence is correct?
a. She visited the two Kansas Citys. b. She visited the two Kansas Cities. |
"She drove more than 50 miles to get to Lincoln."
When you're talking about numbers but you don't know the specifics, you have to say "more than" instead of "over."
Fix the sentence.
"She drove over 50 miles to get to Lincoln." |
You use "which" with nonessential clauses.
ex: "The team, which won 3 games this season, didn't make it to the tournament."
When do you use "that" in a sentence instead of "which?"
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No. It's a historical event, because it's not well-known or relevant to everyone, but still happened in the past.
Is a car accident that happened this morning in Lincoln a historic event?
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