Grammar Bootcamp Periods, Commas and Semi- colons ENGL 124 B03 Winter 2010.
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Grammar Bootcamp
Periods, Commas and Semi-colons
ENGL 124 B03 Winter 2010
Periods• Terminate full sentences
After the review had been conducted, he left the naval service and
devoted himself to his inventions.
Periods• Terminate full sentences
After the review had been conducted, he left the naval service and
devoted himself to his inventions.
SENTENCE FRAGMENT:After the review had been conducted and the publicity
surrounding the disaster had begun to fade.
Periods• Terminate full sentences
After the review had been conducted, he left the naval service and
devoted himself to his inventions.
• Indicate abbreviationsDoctor Dr.
id est i.e.
pages pp.
Semi-colons• Link two independent clauses into a single
sentenceThey gave their best in the final rounds. Their best was
not enough.
Semi-colons• Link two independent clauses into a single
sentenceThey gave their best in the final rounds. Their best was
not enough.
They gave their best in the final round; their best was not enough.
Semi-colons• Link two independent clauses into a single
sentenceThey gave their best in the final rounds. Their best was
not enough.
They gave their best in the final round; their best was not enough.
COMMA SPLICE:They gave their best in the final round, their best was
not enough.
Semi-colons• Link two independent clauses into a single
sentenceThey gave their best in the final rounds. Their best was not enough.
They gave their best in the final round; their best was not enough.
COMMA SPLICE:They gave their best in the final round, their best was not enough.
RUN-ON SENTENCE:They gave their best in the final round their best was not enough.
Semi-colons• Link two independent clauses into a single
sentence• Separate items in a list which follows a colon
The sweaters come in red, green, blue and yellow, and red and grey.
Semi-colons• Link two independent clauses into a single
sentence• Separate items in a list which follows a colon
The sweaters come in red, green, blue and yellow, and red and grey.
The sweaters come in: red; green; blue and yellow; and red and grey.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY:I am afraid to fix it however it must be done.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY:I am afraid to fix it however it must be done.
She paid for the meal was expensive.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY:I am afraid to fix it however it must be done.
She paid for the meal was expensive.
He ran past his hands in the air.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
SYNTACTIC AMBIGUITY:I am afraid to fix it however it must be done.
She paid for the meal was expensive.
He ran past his hands in the air.
He escaped from the car before it sank and swam to the shore.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the
prepared mind.– Louis Pasteur
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the
prepared mind.– Louis Pasteur
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.– James Thurber
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
Where observation is concerned, chance favours only the
prepared mind.– Louis Pasteur
There is no safety in numbers, or in anything else.– James Thurber
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
– Simon Cameron
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
EXCEPTION:
Restrictive clauses do NOT have to be indicated by
commas before and after
The poem that contained the offending lines was omitted.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
EXCEPTION:
Restrictive clauses do NOT have to be indicated by commas before and after
The poem that contained the offending lines was omitted.
Non-restrictive clauses DO have to be indicated by commas before and after
The poem, which contained some offensive material, was omitted.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
RULE OF THUMB:
You can tell if a clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive
by substituting a proper name for the subject.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
RULE OF THUMB:
You can tell if a clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive
by substituting a proper name for the subject.
Bob who contained something was omitted.
Bob, who contained some offensive material, was omitted.
Proper names cannot take restrictive clauses
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
• Show where interjections begin and endThe quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is
important.– Martin
Luther King Jr.
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
• Show where interjections begin and end
• Set off direct speechYou see things and you say, “Why?” But I dream things
that never were and I say, “Why not?”
– George Bernard Shaw
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
• Show where interjections begin and end
• Set off direct speech
• Separate items in a list or seriesI do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who
has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has
intended us to forgo their use.
– Galileo
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
• Show where interjections begin and end
• Set off direct speech
• Separate items in a list or series
• Other miscellaneous uses• Yes and no
No, vertigo is something other than the fear of falling.– Milos Kundera
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
• Show where interjections begin and end
• Set off direct speech
• Separate items in a list or series
• Other miscellaneous uses• Yes and no
• Words of address
Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.– The Wizard of Oz
Commas• Show where clauses begin and end
• Show where interjections begin and end
• Set off direct speech
• Separate items in a list or series
• Other miscellaneous uses• Yes and no
• Words of address
• Dates and locations
January 24, 1965
North Battleford, Saskatchewan