https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx Let's brainstorm some elements en-us 2018-01-16 16:24:07 UTC 2019-01-23 18:00:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583124 2019-01-23 17:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583124 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583139 they go outside quotation marks

Police finally cornered the "rascal"; it was a kid,]]> 2019-01-23 17:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583139 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583147 1. use a colon to mark a strong contrast.
ex. Eating isn't just a necessity: it's a pleasure.
2. put colons outside closing quotation marks.
ex. She was referring to "the most serious of all charges": murder.
3. make sure you have your colon cleaned once a year.]]> 2019-01-23 17:44:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583147 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583534 1. Use to separate statements too closely related to stand as separate sentences.
ex: "Many smokers want to quit but simply can't; it is the nature of addiction," said 
Dalton Rabbetts. ]]> 2019-01-23 17:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583534 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583576 Use an apostrophe in plurals of lowercase letters.
Mind your p's and q's.]]> 2019-01-23 17:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323583576 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584095 use apostrophe to denote possession: eg.) Davis's car, the Davises' house, the children's toys. ]]> 2019-01-23 17:46:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584095 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584222 Rules
1. Use sparingly
2. Use to insert full identification into proper names. ex. The By-Ward Market(Ottawa) host many stores.
3. Use to enclose a nickname. i.e Curtis Jackson(50-Cent) attended the concert.
4.Use to enclose political affiliation. i.e  Nancy Pelosi (Democrat)
5. Use full brackets in numbering or lettering a series within a sentence
6. Parenthical sentence only takes a capital if its a direct quotation.  ]]> 2019-01-23 17:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584222 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584253 Do not use an apostrophe with shortened forms that have become accepted as complete words. ex cello, copter, flu, gym, phone]]> 2019-01-23 17:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584253 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584278 Use a semicolon to separate statements too closely related to stand as separate sentences.

separate phrases that contain commas.

they go outside the quotation marks.   ]]> 2019-01-23 17:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584278 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584928 Do not use an apostrophe with plurals of capital letters or numbers.
ex. She graduated with straight As. The Dirty '30s.]]> 2019-01-23 17:48:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323584928 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323586092 used to replace parentheses and colon 
Shows abrupt changes in thought
Used where full stop is too strong and comma is too weak ]]> 2019-01-23 17:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323586092 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323586295 - most commonly used to link two independent clauses that are closely related in thought
-  semicolons are not interchangeable with commas or periods
- you can use semicolons to divide the items of a list if the items are long or contain internal punctuation
          ex// I need the weather statistics for the following cities: London, England; London, Ontario; Paris, France; Paris, Ontario; Perth, Scotland; Perth, Ontario.
- you shouldn’t use a semicolon and a conjunction
           - when you use a semicolon, you use it instead of the ands, buts, and ors; you don’t need both]]> 2019-01-23 17:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323586295 https://padlet.com/aokottawa/mgywtn0u5xmx/wish/323590360 Use to signify a possessive cat's (except with its)
don't add second s at the end if it's a plural with s at end cats'

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