Simple grammar lessons for anyone that needs it.

[Robbieava]

Hello SF members! This is my little grammar lesson to you all. I don't have perfect grammar, but it's better than some grammar that I see on here. This is all my work, so please do not rip any of this. (Wow, my first tut in a long ass time.)

Part 1: Punctuation

Period (Click to View)

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The period is used to end sentences. It shouldn't grammatically be used as "...", but people do.
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When the sentence ends I use a period.

Exclamation Point (Click to View)

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The exclamation point is also used to end sentences, but it also adds emphasis. It can also be used in quotes.
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This is exciting with an exclamation!

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"I'm excited for the party!" yelled Travis.

Question Mark (Click to View)

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The question mark is also used to end sentences, but it only is used when you are asking a question. Like the exclamation point, this can be used in quotes too.
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Is this proper use of a question mark?

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"Travis, what time does the party start?" asked Jimmy.

The Comma (Click to View)

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Commas have several uses and we will go through most of them now, or enough to get the basics down.

• They can be used to combine two sentences.
  

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I wanted to go to the party, but we decided it was too far of a drive

• They can seperate more then one adjectives.
  

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Jimmy ran his fingers through Kendalls's long, soft hair.

• It can seperate a list of more than one item.
  

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Jimmy ate chicken, fish, and brownies for dinner.

• Commas come after one-word interjections.
  

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Whoa, that was a close one!

• Commas split un-needed clauses in the middles of sentences.
  

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Kendall, who is from Rhode Island, is sitting over near the tree.

• Commas come after "he said," "she said," statements
  

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"Zia," said Kendall, "where have you been?"

The Colon (Click to View)

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Colons can only be appropriate in three different ways.

• A colon can introduce a list.
  

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Greg has many professions: running, snowboarding, fighting, and sewing.

• A colon can be used for a restatement of a previous clause.
  

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Tom in the air force: he spends a lot of his time fighting
battles.

• A colon can explain an elaboration on the previous clause.
  

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Liam was in pain: he had broke his arm.

The Semicolon (Click to View)

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The semicolon is used for two things.

• A semicolon separates items in a list when it has internal punctuation.
  

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Kiki likes bananas; plums; and red, yellow, and green
apples.

• semicolon separates two closely related clauses. In this function, it is a little more powerful than a comma, but less powerful than a period.
  

The Apostrophe (Click to View)

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In general, apostrophes have two uses: taking over for removed letters in contractions, and showing possession.

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This isn't my fault man.

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That was Tom's shirt, why would you take it?

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Part 2: Spelling

I before E (Click to View)

You may have heard the rule "I before E, except after C." This spelling rule will help you, especially for words like perceive, conceive, retrieve, etc. Although, the whole rule goes: "I before E, except after C and when sounding like A, as in neighbor or weigh."

When not to use I before E:

When a C comes right before it.
When the diphthong is pronounced like an A.
When you're trying to spell a cooperation :tongue:
'Weird' is a a weird word to the rule and it breaks it. Just because it is weird

Y Becomes "ie" (Click to View)

When creating the plural of a word that ends in the letter "y", the "y" is substituted by "ie."
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family/families glory/glories

This rule also applies when you add suffixes to adjectives that end in "y".
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sad/sadder/sadist

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Part 3: Parts of speech (POS)

Nouns (Click to View)

A person, place, or thing.
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dog, California, etc

Pronouns (Click to View)

A word that replaces or stands for a noun.
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he, she, etc

Verb (Click to View)

An action word.
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Run, fly, jump

Adjective (Click to View)

A word that describes or modifies a verb.
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secretly, quietly, speedily

Preposition (Click to View)

A word that indicates the relationship of a noun to another word.
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to, at, with

Phrase (Click to View)

An expression (can be a one word, but for most of the time, more) which contains a single thought but is not necessarily a complete sentence. Words make up phrases; phrases make up sentences.

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Final words

I'm going to cut it short here for now I guess, if you want anything else I am willing to add to it. Feel free to PM me for some help, I will do my best to assist you. Please comment below and rate the thread appropriately as to what you think about it.

Your fellow member,

Robi.