Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring PUNCTUATION, Part 2 YOUR FAVORITE GRAMMAR SUBJECT AND AS EASY AS EATING ICE CREAM “Genius without education is like silver in the mine.” Ben Franklin

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring Marks of punctuation covered: Quotation mark Apostrophe Parentheses Dash Hyphen

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring QUOTATION MARKS “ ”

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To enclose a direct quotation or each part of a divided quotation. Miguel Cervantes said, “A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.” “Let’s go,” said the sergeant, “we have 20 miles to run yet.”

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To indicate the titles of books, poems, articles, etc., and for the names of ships, etc. “Como agua para Chocolate” “Fog” “Titanic”

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring APOSTROPHE,

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring TO FORM THE POSSESSIVE CASE OF NOUNS AND INDEFINITE PRONOUNS. Celina’s CD

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To form the plural of numbers and letters San Francisco 49’s Oakland A’s

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To show the omission of letters or numbers Don’t Gov’t O’clock Class of ‘42

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring Parentheses ( )

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To show that the part enclosed within them is merely for explanation. I love this class (especially when they are asleep).

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring DASH __

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To show a sudden change in thought or in construction I am planning to go –but why should I tell you?

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To join an uninterrupted series of numbers 1940—1950 Chapters V--X

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring HYPHEN -

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring IN WRITING COMPOUND NOUNS Sister-in-law Commander-in-chief Attorney-at-law

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring To join words combined into a single adjective A well-to-do man A happy-go-lucky person

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring When it is necessary to divide a word at the end of a line, the division should be made between syllables, and the hyphen should come at the end of the line. Mutila- tion

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring Punctuate accordingly: I ate my Moms cake. The 76s are a tremendous basketball team. Between the years I learned to play the piano. Most students are not happy go lucky. Take the gun said Alvaro, and run like the wind. Cant you see that Im busy. It was a hot day no, the heat was unbearable! Everyone should read The Bible at least once. My Father in law is a great guy. The Queen Elizabeth is a spectacular luxury liner. President Reagan said, we must arm ourselves rapidly.

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring Corrections: I ate my Mom’s cake. The 76’s are a tremendous basketball team. Between the years I learned to play the piano. Most students are not happy-go-lucky. “Take the gun,” said Alvaro, “and run like the wind. “ Can’t you see that I’m busy. It was a hot day --no, the heat was unbearable! Everyone should read “The Bible” at least once. My Father-in-law is a great guy. “The Queen Elizabeth” is a spectacular luxury liner. President Reagan said, “We must arm our selves rapidly. “

Created by José J. González, Jr. Spring Assignment: Fill in punctuation marks. 1. All my sisters in law are excellent cooks. 2. The 49s are definitely not the best team in football. 3. It began to rain yes, it began to rain cats and dogs. 4. Lisas lasagna was the most delicious of all the meals. 5. Wont you understand that I have much work to do. 6. The governor wasted no time in making the following announcement: 7. Everyone must arm himself for a terrorist invasion is on hand. 8. Swim as fast as you can said the lifesaver there are a couple of sharks right behind you. 9. At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean lays The Titanic. 10. From we built our business slowly.