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A semi- colon indicates a pause in a sentence
Can replace a period if the writer wants to link two closely related sentences
Use before words like however, therefore, for example, for instance etc.
Can be used between independent clauses inked by a connector like and, is, but, or, nor etc.
A punctuation mark used to precede a list of items, a quotation, an expansion or explanation.
Rule 3
A colon instead of a semicolon may be used between independent clauses when the second sentence explains, illustrates, paraphrases, or expands on the first sentence.
Example:
He got what he worked for: he really earned that promotion.
Rule 4
A colon may be used to introduce a long quotation.
Rule 1
Use a colon to introduce a series of items. Do not capitalize the first item after the colon
Rule 2
Avoid using a colon before a list when it directly follows a verb or preposition.
Rule #1: Do not use an apostrophe + s to make a regular noun plural
Rule #2: Use the apostrophe to show possession. To show possession with a singular noun, add an apostrophe plus the letter s
Rule #3: If two people possess the same item, put the apostrophe + s after the second name only. But in cases of separate rather than joint possession, use the possessive form for both
Rule #4:Use an apostrophe with contractions. The apostrophe is placed where a letter or letters have been removed.
Rule #5: The personal pronouns hers, ours, yours, theirs, its, whose, and oneself never take an apostrophe.
Rule #6: Beware of false possessives, which often occur with nouns ending in s. Don't add apostrophes to noun-derived adjectives ending in s
Rule #1: Incorrect: Apostrophe's are confusing.
Correct: Apostrophes are confusing.
Rule #2: a woman's hat, the boss's wife
Rule #3: Bob and Ann's home is a log cabin.
Bob's and Ann's homes are log cabins.
Rule #4: doesn't, wouldn't, it's, can't, you've
Rule #5: hers, ours, his
Rule #6: Incorrect: He's a United States' citizen.
Correct: He's a United States citizen.