unit 12 lesson 82

Unit 12 / Lesson 82

Zander Sargeant

Semi - Colons

• Semi-Colons are used in place of the conjunctions and, or, but to connect clauses in a compound sentence

• For example instead of saying, "Bob drove to the truck, and the cow escaped."

• You could say "Bob drove to the truck; the cow escaped."

Semi-Colons

• These can also take the place of "because" in a complex sentence

• Instead of saying, "The phone was broken because it was dropped."

• You could say, "The phone was broken; it was dropped."

Commas

• Commas cannot connect two clauses by itself without the help of a conjunction and, but, or

• This is incorrect: "Bob went to the store, it was closed."

• Correct: "Bob went to the store, but it was closed."

Colons

• Colons (:) are used before an item or series of items introduced by a statement

• For example: Bob wanted the following shoes: Nike Air forces, Jordans, and Adidas

Dashes

• Dashes (-) are sort of used like commas, but they are stronger, and emphasize the interruption between words more

• Instead of saying, "The criminal, very athletic and strong, evaded the cops."

• You could say, 'The criminal - very athletic and strong - evaded the cops

• The 2nd sentence is much more forceful

Dashes

• Use either a dash or a semicolon before the words for example when the sentence before it is a complete statement

• For example, "Bob hated big items - for example, buildings."