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Punctuation
Review
An English/Reading
Mini-Workshop to Help
Student Support
Services (SSS)
Participants Improve
their English language
skills
Punctuation Errors
Back to Basic
Grammar
First,
Spelling.
Spelling Rules
Put i before e
Except after c
Or when it sounds like a
As in neighbor or neigh.
Examples:
Line 1:mischief (i before e)
Line 2:receiver (except after c)
Line 3:weight (as in neigh)
Some i before e Exceptions:
neither
leisure
foreign
Source: http://www.mc3.edu/aa/lal/workshops/wksp_spelling/spellingrules.html
Source: http://www.mc3.edu/aa/lal/workshops/wksp_spelling/spellingrules.html
Examples: combat
shred
exit
hot
super
Long Vowels
2. To spell a long sound you usually must add a second vowel, or you may
use the consonants y or w in place of the vowel.
Examples: reach
loose soup
seize
sky
Now, pick out the short and long vowel sounds in this word:
Psychological
Answer:
Psychological
Source:
http://www.dyslex
ia.org/spelling_ru
les.shtml
Consonant Suffixes
- - - age
- - -ist
- - - ness
- - - cess
- - - ant
- - - ish
- - -less
- - -ment
- - -ance
- - -ing
- - -ly
- - -ty
- - - al
- - -ar
- - -ful
- - -ry
- - -ism
- - -o
- - -hood
- - -ward
- - -able
- - -on
- - -wise
- - -an
- - -ous
---a
- - -or
- - -es
- - -ual
- - -ed
- - -unt
- - -er
- - -um
- - -est
- - -us
- - -y
- - -ive
Source: http://www.dyslexia.org/spelling_rules.shtml
Examples:
foul (odor) / fowl (bird) or rose (flower) / rose (past tense of rise)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_
homophonous_phrases
Numbers
PROPER
PUNCTUATION
A Presentation to Help
Student Support
Services (SSS)
Participants Learn
Proper Punctuation
Placement and Avoid
Punctuation Pitfalls
Relevance &
Purposes
Commonly-applied Punctuation
Marks
Period (.)
Question Mark (?)
Exclamation Point (!)
Apostrophe ( )
Comma (,)
Parentheses ( )
Brackets [ ]
Semicolon (;)
Colon :
Hyphen Dash - Quotation Marks
Note: Periods,
Question Marks, and
Exclamation Points
are END MARKS.
1290 College Rd
E B White
. .
Ms. White
Dr. Atchley
Remember,
An end mark comes at the END of a
sentence, and lets you know when to . . .
The Colon
Not This one . . .
11:35pm
I will need the following items from the store:
bananas, grapes, watermelon, and lemons.
The Semi-colon
The semi-colon is made with a period over a comma. It is
a punctuation mark (;) used to separate parts of a sentence or list and
indicating a pause longer than a comma, but shorter than a period. In a
sentence, a transition word may follow the semi-colon.
--THE DASH
A dash is a punctuation mark that writers use to
denote a sudden break or shift in thought.
(One dash = Two hyphens)
I can -- no,
I must -- I
must dash
toward the
finish line.
--
- THE HYPHEN
Mark Of Separation Used Between Parts Of A Word.
USE A HYPHEN:
1) To Separate (Join) The Parts Of Compound Words: Examples: fast-moving;
sister-in-law; half-asleep; X-ray; know-it-all; forty-seven; three-fourths
THE APOSTROPHE
. . . looks like a single quotation mark, but is used for a different purpose.
1)
2)
3)
4)
THE APOSTROPHE
(cont.)
USE THE APOSTROPHE
1) And s to form the possessive case of a noun not ending in s:
Ex: Childrens; towns
2) To form the possessive case of a plural noun ending in s:
Ex: Boys and ladies classrooms
3) Alone or with s to form the possessive of nouns ending is s:
Ex: Robert Burns or Burnss (rule: words of one syllable)
4) and s in the last element of compound nouns:
Ex: My son-in-laws boat; King Henry IVs funeral; somebody elses
ticket
5) To show that letters of figures have been omitted:
Ex: Arent; shouldnt; the civil war was fought 1861-65.
6) And s to indicate the plurals of numerals, letters, etc. Ex: Uncrossed ts
look like 1s. He uses too many ands and buts in speaking.
Slides info source: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ppt
Graphics: Microsoft
The Comma
,
The comma is used to separate a list.
Example: My favorite animals are giraffes, dogs, cats, and birds.
It is also used between the date and the year.
Example: Today is March 6, 2007, and I plan to enjoy today.
A comma can also tell you where to pause in a sentence.
Parenthesis
Parenthesis -- One of a pair of shallow, curved signs
(, ) used to enclose an additional inserted word or
comment and distinguish it from the sentence in
which it is found. Parentheses (plural) [Definition from
Microsoft version of Encarta Dictionary: English (North America)]
Parentheses are round brackets: ()
Example:
Riva (Her name means one who captivates or
possesses an ensnaring beauty.) wandered off into
the forest and was lost for three days and two
nights.
Bracket
Bracket (1) one of a pair of symbols, often [ ], used in
keying or printing to indicate the insertion of special
commentary, such as that made by an editor; (2) an
alternative to parentheses. Brackets (plural)
[Definition from Microsoft version of Encarta Dictionary: English (North America)]
Example:
Riva [Her name means one who captivates or
possesses an ensnaring beauty.] wandered off into
the forest and was lost for three days and two
nights.
Different Kinds of
Brackets
Punctuation
Practice Exercise 3
Please complete punctuation
practice handout, if available.
CONCLUSION . . .
Please make use of any supplemental study materials
provided to you.
Contact Information
Troy University
Troy, Alabama 36082
Student Support Services
109 Shackelford Hall Annex; Troy University; Troy, AL 36082
Phone: 334-670-5985
Rebecca C. Money, English/Reading Specialist
109 Shackelford Hall Annex; Troy University; Troy, AL 36082
Phone: 334-670-5985; rmoney@troy.edu / PPT Developed 2007/08-02