Editing

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What is the correct way to punctuate the abbreviation 'Ms'?

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Add a '.' after the 's' in 'Ms'.

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How can you rearrange the sentence 'Quickly I headed for the kitchen. Mom was making my favorite dinner in the kitchen.' for clarity?

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I headed quickly to the kitchen because Mom was making my favorite dinner.

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What punctuation change is needed in the sentence 'Mrs. Watson said that our class would go on a field trip on March, 2 2015'?

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Delete the comma after 'March' and insert it after '2'.

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What grammatical change should be made in the sentence 'The current living arrangements is causing me a lot of stress'?

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Change 'is causing' to 'are causing'.

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What corrections are needed in the sentence 'Mr Dryer wear a red funny coat for his audition'?

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Place a '.' after 'Mr' and change 'wear' to 'wore'.

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What is the purpose of using quotation marks in a sentence?

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Quotation marks are used to indicate direct speech or a quotation.

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When should commas be used in a list?

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Commas should be used to separate items in a list to clarify the individual elements.

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What is the difference between 'its' and 'it's'?

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'Its' is a possessive form, while 'it's' is a contraction for 'it is'.

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How do you identify a run-on sentence?

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A run-on sentence occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction.

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What is the function of a semicolon in a sentence?

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A semicolon is used to connect closely related independent clauses.