Sunday, September 19, 2010

Junior Grammar Notes - 9/7

THEY’RE, THEIR, THERE
•       ’They’re’ refers to ‘they are.’
•       ’There’ often refers to a place. If you take away the ‘t,’ it’s ‘here.’
•       ’Their’ shows ownership.

Fragment Tips
•       Phrase fragments: lack a subject, a verb, or both
•       A piece of a complete thought that has been punctuated like a sentence using a period
•       Pieces of sentences that are disconnected
•       “Guess what?” Test

Run-on sentences
•       Two sentences written together without any punctuation at all—a sentence that goes on and on and on…
•        When a comma is used between two sentences without any connecting word (COMMA SPLICE!)

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