GRAMMAR

1)COMMAS IN A SERIES

• USE COMMAS TO CONECT TWO OR MORE WORDS WITH A CONDUCTION.
• Example👎🏻- the street was filled with angry protester shouting spectators and police.
• Example👍🏻-The street was filled with angry protester, shouting spectators, and police.
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COMMAS IN A SERIES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HELPES CREATES A LIST OF THINGS.

• 👎🏻-we need to get eggs ham, toast.
• 👍🏻-We need to get eggs, ham, and toast.
• 👎🏻-today we have to go shopping, get gas, haircut
• 👍🏻-Today we have to go shopping, get gas, and haircut.

COMMAS IN A SERIES

• 👎🏻-for school we get ready, eat, wait for the bus.
• 👍🏻-For school we got to get ready, eat, and wait for the bus.
• 👎🏻-For the game we need jerseys and socks and tape.
• 👍🏻-For the game we need jerseys, socks, and tape.

COMMA

• Use a comma to connect two independent clauses with a conjunction.
• Example👎🏻-He hit the ball well, he ran toward third base.
• Example👍🏻-He hit the ball well, but he ran toward third base.
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SEMI COLLON IN A SERIES

• When the items in a series contain commas, separate the items with semicolons.
• Example👎🏻-We visited Erie, Pennsylvania, Buffalo, New York, and Toronto Ontario.
• Example👍🏻-We visited Erie, Pennsylvania; Buffalo, New York; and Toronto, Ontario.
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TITLES

• Capitalize the first, last, and any important words in a title or underline.
• Example👎🏻-the daily news is a great paper.
• Example👍🏻-"The Daily News" is a great paper.
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ITS AND IT'S

• It's a contraction for it is or it has and its indicates possessive.
• Example👎🏻-It's my bedtime and its' not my day.
• Example👍🏻-It's my bedtime and its not my day.
• Its-not-it's.info

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

• We need pencils, erasers, (and,but) pens.
• For school we have chairs, desks, (and,but) shoes.
• I like ketchup, mustard, (but, and) BBQ sauce.
• My favorite pop is coke, Pepsi, and MTN Dew, (but,and) it's bad for your teeth.
• Should I run 1 mile, 2 mile, (or,and) 3 mile?