Sophia Learning
Sophia: Semicolons Rule!
This tutorial focuses on semicolons; it provides two audio clips: one explaining how semicolons are different from periods and commas and the other explaining how to use semicolons with conjunctive adverbs. It also provides in slideshow...
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Comma Between Correlative Conjunction Sets
This page provides the rules and exceptions for the use of commas when using corratative conjuction sets such as either or, or neither nor, or not only but also. No commas are needed between them unless the comma is needed for other...
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Before Parenthesis
This page explains the proper use of commas with parenthesis: no comma before a parenthesis, no comma after a parenthesis unless it is needed for another reason such as a long introductory clause in a complex sentence, and no commas if...
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Grammarly Handbook: Comma Setting Off Restrictive Clauses
This page explains that restrictive clauses (essential to the meaning of the sentence) should NOT be set off by commas, and provides examples. It also explains that restrictive clauses often begin with the word "that."
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Grammarly Handbook: Comma Before And
This page focuses on the use of a comma before the word "and." It explains using a comma between items in a series with the use of "and" and before "and" when it is in front of an independent clause. Examples are provided.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Semi Colons
This resource discusses two uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each use.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starting Participles
In this instructional activity, Roni Schotter's picture book entitled The Boy Who Loved Words is used as the mentor text. This Language Arts Common Core Standards-aligned instructional activity pre-writing task engages students in...
English Plus+
English Plus: Semicolons and Colons
Rules for using semicolons and colons. Examples include semicolons with clauses, semicolons with lists, colons with quotes, colons with lists, and colons with appositives. L.9-10.2a Punc/Indep Clause
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Grammarly Blog: Comma With Subjects and Verbs
This page focuses on the misuse of a comma when it is used to separate the subject of the sentence from the verb. It provides examples of such sentences and one exception to the rule.
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Grammarly Blog: Comma Emphasizing Contrasting Ideas
This page focuses on the use of commas around contrasting ideas to emphasize that the subject has been modified; examples are provided. Signal words for contrasting ideas include not, unlike and never.
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Grammarly Blog: Oxford Comma
Rules and examples for using a comma before the conjunction in a list.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Punctuation
Punctuation is the point of this lesson. You'll learn to put the right dots and squiggles in the appropriate places in your writing. You'll review the conventions of punctuation used in academic English. Then you will apply what you...
The Tongue Untied
The Tongue Untied: Conjunctions
Come and learn about all types of conjunctions when you visit this educational resource. This site gives a clear definition of the function of a conjunction. Use the "Turn the Page," function to learn more.
Other
Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple
Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.
Other
Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide
Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.
Quia
Quia: Commas Coordinate Adjectives
Review what coordinate adjectives are, then test your understanding with a ten-question quiz.
Other
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Punctuation
This site provides the answers to six frequently asked questions regarding punctuation. For example, "Should I use a comma before AND in a series?" The question "Do commas and periods go inside our outside the closing quotation mark?" is...
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Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide
This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abbreviations
A very competent look at how to use abbreviations in their proper context. This site also examines the proper use of abbreviations with titles, numbers and phrases.
Other
Dash, Parentheses, Bracket, Ellipsis, and Slash
This site contains information on the correct use of the following types of punctuation: dash, parentheses, bracket, ellipsis, and slash. Examples are provided for each of the uses discussed.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The King's English: Punctuation
This is the Punctuation chapter from H.W. Fowler's The King?s English, 2nd ed. (1908), which provides the rules of use for British English punctuation in the early 20th century. Many of these rules still apply.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: What Is a Comma?
This page explains that a comma is a "soft stop" in writing and provides examples of its use.
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