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Vitamin #24 October 3rd, 2016 Note the use of commas before and after the year and the state. ex.  Bob and June were married June 6, 1992, in Reno. ex. 

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1 Vitamin #24 October 3rd, 2016 Note the use of commas before and after the year and the state. ex.  Bob and June were married June 6, 1992, in Reno. ex.  They moved to Houston, Texas, last month. Correct: 1. I seen that your moving to Peoria Illinois next month. 2.  Peoria is different than Paxton; there are alot less busnesses in Paxton.

2 Vocabulary - 1 Deferred (adj.) – put off until a future time
The deferred game allowed us time to go eat. Fester (v) – become infected; form pus If you don’t clean a cut, it will fester.

3 Vocabulary - 1 Haphazardly (Adv) – in an unplanned or disorganized way
Configuration (N) – arrangement of parts; patttern

4 Vitamin #25 October 4th, 2016 Use a comma to set off interrupted elements, which means that if it can be removed, the sentence will still be an independent clause. Ex. "The Founders Bridge, which spans the Connecticut River, is falling down.“ Ex. “I love, more than anything else, to eat popcorn.” Correct: When I come home my family listens perhaps too much to Green Day’s album called American Idiot.

5 Vocabulary - 1 Barren (adj) – empty; having little or no vegetation
A famine is a time when the land becomes barren.

6 Vocabulary - 2 Converge (V) – come together
Derived (V) – reached by reasoning

7 -EX. The mayor was merely ignorant, not stupid.
Vitamin #26 October 5th, 2016 Use a comma near the end of a sentence to separate contrasted coordinate elements or to indicate a distinct pause or shift. -EX. The mayor was merely ignorant, not stupid. -EX. You're one of the senator's close friends, aren't you? Correct 1. John in Houston Texas a famous cematary exists not a famous bank.

8 Vocabulary - 1 Paradoxical (Adj.) - seemingly full of contradictions
Teenagers are paradoxical to most adults.

9 Vocabulary - 2 Contested (V) – tried to disprove or invalidate something Impervious (Adj.) – not affected by

10 Vitamin #27 October 6th, 2016 Use commas to set off phrases at the end of the sentence that refer to the beginning or middle of the sentence. Such phrases are free modifiers that can be placed anywhere in the sentence without causing confusion. Nancy waved enthusiastically at the docking ship, laughing joyously. Correct The Tell-Tale Heart one of my favorite short stories was recently turned into a movie making millions.

11 Vocabulary - 1 Abash (V) – embarrass
She was abashed by the statement he made.

12 Vocabulary - 2


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