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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Grammar: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the roles of all of the punctuation marks; it provides a video, small practices in various sections, and a punctuation self-check.
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa Hyper Grammar: Quotation Marks

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Ottawa developed this site about quotation mark usage. Discusses using quotation marks to set off dialogue, titles, short works, and special terms. Also instructs learners in using quotation marks with other forms of...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Semicolon With Conjunctive Adverbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using semicolons with conjunctive adverbs in a compound sentence.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Semicolon With Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using semicolons with conjunctions in a compound sentence.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Guide to Grammar & Style provides this tutorial on two common uses for the semicolon: 1)to separate items in a list after a colon, and 2)to separate two independent clauses in one sentence.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: An Educational Companion to Eats, Shoots & Leaves [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Eats, Shoots & Leaves illustrates the necessity of correct punctuation in order to convey intended meaning. Punctuation rules are stated here in a concise manner with accompanying exercises/keys.
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Exercise 3b: Advanced Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Type in the word that comes BEFORE the comma or semi-colon and then the comma or semi-colon. Click on "Submit Answers" to see how you did.
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Vancouver Island University

Malaspina: Punctuating Between Main Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Four printable exercises in which punctuation errors need to be corrected. 2.1 requires correction of compound sentences by putting in commas or semicolons where needed and getting rid of comma splices. 2.2 requires comma splice...