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Punctuation! A brief guide to those tricky little marks.
Based on Lauren Kessler and Duncan McDonald. When Words Collide 4th ed. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1996.
Condensed by Wes Kisting
Definitions
To explain punctuation, I must use a few terms that may be unfamiliar to you:
• clause: a clause is a group of related words that contains a subject and a predicate.
• independent clause: an independent clause is a complete sentence. It expresses a complete thought.
• dependent clause: a dependent clause does not express a complete thought, and although it has both a subject and a predicate, it is not a complete sentence and cannot stand alone.
• coordinating/subordinating conjunction: basically, the words “and,” “but,” and “or.”
• non-restrictive: a type of clause, phrase, or modifier that is not necessary (not essential) in order to understand the sentence.
Comma (,)
Use a comma:
• to separate items in a series.
At the store, I bought......

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