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by: fizzy flickby: fizzy flickBy: Fizzy Flick

I changed my name and the first letter of the sentence to a capital to make it a proper noun.

A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea. A proper noun is a noun that is capitalized.

Commas Commas

Sentence #1

The mother was very protective caring and loving to her children.

Sentence #2

The mother was very protective caring and loving to her children.

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You will most commonly find commas when the sentence pauses, or used when describing something, like in the sentence above.

QuotesQuotes

First Sentence

This quote is by the Simpsons character,

Homer. It says Leaves of 3 let it be, leaves of

4 eat some more.

Second sentenceSecond sentence

This quote is by the Simpsons

character, Homer. It says Leaves of 3 let it be, leaves of 4 eat some more.

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A quote is someone’s exact words. You can recognize that it is a quote because it has quotation marks around the first and last words. Also, if you start the quote off by saying, “It says”, then you need to put a comma after that.

Semicolons Colons We should grow a

garden, buy less processed foods like macaroni and cheese, and drink more clean water.

We should grow a garden, buy less processed foods like macaroni and cheese, and drink more clean water.

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A semicolon is used to separate a series of phrases.

Shopping List

Milk

Butter

bread

Shopping List

Milk

Butter

Bread

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A colon is used to introduce a list. Think of the colon saying, “Hay, you with the face! Come look at this list!!”

Apostrophe