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English 13 Public

Punctuation placement, and correct usage

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What do you need to change to make this a correct sentence? Today I went to the store to get the following; Eggs, bread, and bacon.

This is incorrect you need a colon before a list of iems. Remember you need to use a colon before a list of itmes or places.

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What do you need to change to make this correct? I had to wake up at 6 00 a.m. to get ready for school.

I had to wake up at 6:00 a.m. to get ready for school. You need to use colon's during time and also bible verses.

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What do you need to change to make the sentece correct? Today we had school; however it snowed so we couldn't get out the driveway.

A semi-colon is used to seperate two independent clauses. The correct form would be to use a comma after "however".

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My mom said, (Make sure you text me when you get there!)

My mom said, “Make sure you text me when you get there!” Quotations are used to quote a group of words someone said.

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Do you like banana bread

Do you like banana bread? Question marks are required when asking a question.

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- They are students, said Jane. - Oh good! answered John.

Incorrect! In dialogues we must use quotation marks (" ... ") never dash (-)

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Carla is having, a dance competition today.

Incorrect! There is no need to use a comma in that sentence.

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I like bread; however, it makes me bloated.

Correct! The semicolon and coma around however makes it so the sentence can continue.

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Today we had an assembly for our field trip coming up it looks exciting.

Incorrect! You would need to place a comma after "coming up" because it joins two related topics together.

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My class graduates in ‘23.

It is correct! The apostrophe is used to omit extra numbers.

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compare!

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Compare!

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Compare!

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