GramVoc Ch13 End Marks and Commas

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end mark

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A(n) _______— a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point — is used to indicate the purpose of a sentence.

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period

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A(n) _______ is also used at the end of many abbreviations.

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period

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A(n) _______ follows a statement (or declarative sentence)

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question mark

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A(n) _______ follows a question (or interrogative sentence)

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exclamation point

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A(n) _______ follows an exclamation (or exclamatory sentence)

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abbreviation

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A(n) _______ is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

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acronym

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A(n) _______ is a word formed from the first (or first few) letters of a series of words.

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independent

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A(n) _______ clause expresses a complete thought and can stand by itself as a sentence.

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comma

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A(n) _______ is used before a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet) when it joins independent clauses.

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nonessential

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A(n) _______ clause or participial phrase contains information that is not necessary to the meaning of the sentence.