Commas: Usage A - answer Before a conjunction (fanboys) and after a independent
clause.
Ex: I walked the dog, but it was very hot outside
Commas: Usage B - answer To separate independent and dependent clause
Ex: He went to soccer, because he was on a soccer team.
Commas: Usage C - answer To separate items on a list
EX: She is pretty, smart, and kind.
Commas: Usage D - answer On each side of an appositive a phrase that can be
substituted for a noun
EX: Justin Bieber, a controversial celebrity, came out with a new single.
Commas: Usage E - answer Surrounding interjections (of course, however, therefore)
Ex: The student, of course, went to school.
Apostrophe: Usage A - answerPossesion of whatever comes before the apostrophe has
ownership
Ex: The gym's rules were strict.
Apostrophe: Usage B - answerContractions to replace missing letters
Ex: She doesn't know how to swim.
Semicolons: Usage A - answerSeperate 2 Independent clauses
Ex: The dog ate; then the dog licked the bowl clean.
Colons - answerAfter an independent clause to introduce a follow up statement. ( a
definition , abrupt list)
Ex: He wanted to visit 3 cities in england: London, Oxford, and Cambridge
Dashes - answerAs a substitute for other punctuation
Ex: She traveled the world- yet she was young.
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