Thursday, September 17, 2009

English Handbook questions

1. The heading goes in the upper left corner, the student's name, teacher's name, subject, period, and date go into the header.
2. She wore huge dark glasses, so no one recognized her.
3. A comma splice is an error in the punctuation usage between the combined sentences, whereas a fused sentence has no punctuation in the combined sentences, therefore has an absence of a comma, etc.
4. To set off an introductory clause, phrase, or conjunctive adverb from the rest of the sentence or to create a pause.
5. To create a stronger pause or to link two thoughts together or to link items in long series.
6. You should only spell out numbers Ninety-nine and below
7. Yes, plays are underlined
8. Affect is to change or pretend, whereas effect is to perform or have an impact.
9. "there" is a general location, "their" is to be in the possession of someone else, and they're is they are, plural for he/she is.
10. To express parallel elements in the same grammatical form, such as "the bunny jumped, scampered, and twisted.

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