Post on 26-Jul-2015
Grammar Time!
Grammar Time!Keeping your writing grammatically correct.
You can’t touchthis.
You can’t touchthis.A brief reminder about punctuation marks.
Periods.
Periods.Periods are used to separate two complete sentences. A complete sentence includes a subject and a verb.
Periods.Periods are used to separate two complete sentences. A complete sentence includes a subject and a verb.
Example:
My, my, my music hits me so hard. Thank you for blessing me with a mind to rhyme and two hype feet.
Commas,Commas have four main uses:
Commas,Commas have four main uses:
• Used before coordinating conjunctions (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Example: I am known as such, and this is a beat you just can’t touch.
Commas,Commas have four main uses:
• Used before coordinating conjunctions (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Example: I am known as such, and this is a beat you just can’t touch.
• More than two items in a series
Example: So wave your hands in the air, bust a few moves, and run your fingers through your hair.
Commas,Commas have four main uses:
• Used before coordinating conjunctions (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Example: I am known as such, and this is a beat you just can’t touch.
• More than two items in a series
Example: So wave your hands in the air, bust a few moves, and run your fingers through your hair.
• Introductory elements before the subject
Example: Yo, let me bust the funky lyrics.
Commas,Commas have four main uses:
• Used before coordinating conjunctions (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Example: I am known as such, and this is a beat you just can’t touch.
• More than two items in a series
Example: So wave your hands in the air, bust a few moves, and run your fingers through your hair.
• Introductory elements before the subject
Example: Yo, let me bust the funky lyrics.
• Parenthetical information
Example: This is a beat, uh, you can’t touch.
Semicolons;There are three main uses for a semicolon:
Semicolons;There are three main uses for a semicolon:
• As a weak period to join two related sentences
Example: Every time you see me, the Hammer’s just so hype; I’m dope on the floor, and I’m magic on the mic.
Semicolons;There are three main uses for a semicolon:
• As a weak period to join two related sentences
Example: Every time you see me, the Hammer’s just so hype; I’m dope on the floor, and I’m magic on the mic.
• With conjunctive adverbs (however, more over, for example, hence, consequently, therefore)
Example: You know you want to dance; therefore, move out of your seat and get a fly girl and catch this beat.
Semicolons;There are three main uses for a semicolon:
• As a weak period to join two related sentences
Example: Every time you see me, the Hammer’s just so hype; I’m dope on the floor, and I’m magic on the mic.
• With conjunctive adverbs (however, more over, for example, hence, consequently, therefore)
Example: You know you want to dance; therefore, move out of your seat and get a fly girl and catch this beat.
• Items in a series already containing a comma
Example: Singers are sweating so pass them a soft, white towel to wipe their perspiration; a tape to learn what it’s going to take in the 90’s to burn the charts; and legitimacy.
Colons:There are three main uses for a colon:
Colons:There are three main uses for a colon:
• To introduce a list
Example: There are three things you can’t touch: my beat, my rhymes, and this.
Colons:There are three main uses for a colon:
• To introduce a list
Example: There are three things you can’t touch: my beat, my rhymes, and this.
• To introduce a definition
Example: This: The thing you cannot touch.
Colons:There are three main uses for a colon:
• To introduce a list
Example: There are three things you can’t touch: my beat, my rhymes, and this.
• To introduce a definition
Example: This: The thing you cannot touch.
• To introduce a long quote
Example: According to MC Hammer: “I really had genuinely brotherly love for Pac (Tupac Shakur). When I became a part of the Death Row family, he
immediately ran into the studio and woke up the next morning. I had told him about a sang I wanted to do. It was off the Ohio players skin tight I
wanted to called it too tight. Before I could get to the studio Tupac had gotten up early that morning went to the studio, called in the
background singers, laid down the background, wrote a rap he wanted me to rap and it was done. He immediately embraced his partner from the town.”
Apostrophes’
Apostrophes’Apostrophes have two functions:
Apostrophes’Apostrophes have two functions:
• Contractions
Example: I’ve toured around the world, from London to the Bay.
Apostrophes’Apostrophes have two functions:
• Contractions
Example: I’ve toured around the world, from London to the Bay.
• Show possession
Example: MC Hammer’s parachute pants are the best.
Example: His peers’ pants aren’t nearly as cool.
Stop! Hammer Time!How you will commonly use this information.
Quotes and Punctuation
Quotes and PunctuationIntegrating a quote
Quotes and PunctuationIntegrating a quote
⚫Complete sentence: “Quote”⚫ Example: In “You Can’t Touch This,” MC Hammer gives sound and inspirational
advice: “Either work hard or you might as well quit.”
Quotes and PunctuationIntegrating a quote
⚫Complete sentence: “Quote”⚫ Example: In “You Can’t Touch This,” MC Hammer gives sound and inspirational
advice: “Either work hard or you might as well quit.”
⚫Incomplete sentence, “Quote”⚫ Example: Hammer often interjects, “You can’t touch this.”
Quotes and PunctuationIntegrating a quote
⚫Complete sentence: “Quote”⚫ Example: In “You Can’t Touch This,” MC Hammer gives sound and inspirational
advice: “Either work hard or you might as well quit.”
⚫Incomplete sentence, “Quote”⚫ Example: Hammer often interjects, “You can’t touch this.”
⚫Integrated into sentence⚫ Example: MC Hammer describes himself as “a super-dope homeboy from
Oaktown” in his song.
Quotes and PunctuationIntegrating a quote
⚫Complete sentence: “Quote”⚫ Example: In “You Can’t Touch This,” MC Hammer gives sound and inspirational
advice: “Either work hard or you might as well quit.”
⚫Incomplete sentence, “Quote”⚫ Example: Hammer often interjects, “You can’t touch this.”
⚫Integrated into sentence⚫ Example: MC Hammer describes himself as “a super-dope homeboy from
Oaktown” in his song.
⚫Short quotes as part of the sentence⚫ Example: He believes when you have “fresh new kicks” that “you know you want
to dance.”
Splices, Run-ons, and Fragments
Splices, Run-ons, and FragmentsComma Splice
⚫A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are fused into one sentence using a comma. That’s not what commas are used for. ⚫ Example: That’s how we’re living, you know you can’t touch this.
Splices, Run-ons, and FragmentsComma Splice
⚫A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are fused into one sentence using a comma. That’s not what commas are used for. ⚫ Example: That’s how we’re living, you know you can’t touch this.
Run-on sentence⚫A run-on sentence happens when two independent clauses are fused together
without using appropriate punctuation. ⚫ Example: MC Hammer is the greatest artist of all time I am his biggest fan.
Splices, Run-ons, and FragmentsComma Splice
⚫A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are fused into one sentence using a comma. That’s not what commas are used for. ⚫ Example: That’s how we’re living, you know you can’t touch this.
Run-on sentence⚫A run-on sentence happens when two independent clauses are fused together
without using appropriate punctuation. ⚫ Example: MC Hammer is the greatest artist of all time I am his biggest fan.
Fragment⚫A fragment is an incomplete sentence—one that doesn’t contain both a
subject and verb.⚫ Example: Can’t touch!
How do we avoid grammar problems?
How do we avoid grammar problems?
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