Bundlr - Spelling and Grammar Guide - 0 views
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Progressive Language Skills
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Students must have a strong command of the grammar and usage of spoken and written standard English to succeed academically and professionally.
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devise instructional approaches to replicate this success for other un-mastered language content and skills
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this comma and period inside the quotation marks business is strictly American usage. The British don't do it that way. They are inclined to place commas and periods logically rather than conventionally, depending on whether the punctuation belongs to the quotation or to the sentence that contains the quotation
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that this comma and period inside the quotation marks business is strictly American usage. The British don't do it that way.
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we want to make sure our best feet are forward. That means making sure errors like typos or poor grammar don’t detract from what we have to say
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In America, we use a hard-and-fast rule that was supposedly designed by compositors to protect the tiny commas and periods (1, 2). We always put periods and commas inside quotation marks.
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Some emphasize the verb as the key part of speech, showing students how the sentence is built around it and how vivid verbs create vivid sentences.
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When combining exclamation points and question marks with quotation marks, however, Americans follow the same logical system as the British. Where you place the other marks relative to the quotation mark depends on the context of the quotation.
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If the whole sentence, including the quotation, is a question or an exclamation, then the question mark or exclamation point goes outside the closing quotation mark; but if only the part inside the quotation marks is a question or exclamation, then the question mark or exclamation point goes inside the closing quotation mark.
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In Britain, they use rules that require the writer to determine whether the period or comma belong with the quotation or are part of the larger sentence.
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question marks and exclamation points require that you analyze the sentence and make a decision based on context
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if you are an American, you need to keep your commas and periods inside your closing quotation marks, where they belong