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Flashcards by Jorleidis Garizao, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Jorleidis Garizao
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| THE APOSTROPHE ( ' ) | Is used: 1*As a single quotation mark: (1* “Don’t you remember when he said ‘I will not go.’ yesterday?”) 2*To indicate the omission of figures in dates: (THE SUMMER '99) 3*As a symbol for feet: (29*12') 4*To form contractions: ( I've , Don't) 5*To form plurals of figures, letters, etc: (dot your i’s ,e.g. p's and q's, three a's ) 6*To form possessives: (as in the eagle's feathers ) |
| ELLIPSIS MARKS ... | Use an ellipsis when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage. Example: Full quotation: "Today, after hours of careful thought, we vetoed the bill." (With ellipsis: "Today … we vetoed the bill.") Ellipsis marks :to indicate that a sentence trails of before the end. The three spaced period create an effect of uncertainty or abrupt suspension of thought.. (You should have told him . . .) |
| THE ASTERISK. **** | Asterisks are used to replace words that are considered unprintable. may be used to refer the reader to a footnote placed at the bottom of a page or table. Example: Elena was so furious and shouted***** |
| QUOTATION MARKS single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”) | Have three main functions: to indicate the use of someone else’s exact words: “If you want to lose weight, do exercise,” said Carolina. *To display titles of literary and artistic works. Example: The title "As Thinking Positive" *To set off words and phrases for special emphasis. DOG" Danger" |
| THE DIAGONAL. ( / ) | The diagonal occurs (without space before or after) in certain abbreviations and expressions of time.Example: km/S = kilometers per Seg c/c = current account C/gena. B/quilla. *To offer two options, if placed between two words or between a word and a morpheme True/ False. |
| BRACKETS ( [ ] ) | Brackets are tall punctuation marks used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text. (This should appear in the list of ingredients [Sugar, Rice, Oil]) |
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