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Punctuation for Professionals
Introduction
Learning Objectives, Content, and How to Succeed in the Course
Preview
Technical Information on Presentations
Preview
Do You Need This Course? Test Yourself on 20 Sentences and Find Out.
Preview
Course Notebook
Punctuation Quick-Reference Guide
Online Pre-Assessment
Pre-Assessment
Pre-Assessment Key
Punctuating with Commas and Semicolons
Comma Rule 1: Use commas to set off the name of the reader
Preview
Comma Rule 2: Use commas to separate two sentences
Comma Rule 3: Use semicolons to separate two sentences linked without a conjunction
Comma Rule 4: Use commas to separate an introductory part from the main sentence
Comma Rule 5: Use commas to separate the elements in a simple series
Comma Rule 6: Use semicolons to separate the elements in a complex series
Comma Rules 1-6: Review
Comma Rules 7 and 8: Use commas to set off direct quotations and nonessential content
Comma Rules 9 and 10: Use commas and semicolons to set off day-dates and city-states
Comma Rule 11: Use commas to separate adjectives before a noun when you omit "and"
Test Yourself: Using Commas and Semicolons
Online Test Yourself: Using Commas and Semicolons
Online Practice: Using Commas and Semicolons
Online More Practice: Using Commas and Semicolons
Punctuating Possessive Forms
Possessives: Use apostrophes to form singular and plural possessives
Possessives: With expressions of time, joint and separate ownership, and pronouns
Test Yourself: Possessive Forms
Online Test Yourself 1: Possessive Forms
Online Test Yourself 2: Possessive Forms
Online Special Practice 1: Possessive Forms With Names
Online Special Practice 2: Possessive Forms With Names
Online Practice: Possessive Forms
Online More Practice: Possessive Forms
Review Quiz
Quick Review Quiz: Commas, Semicolons, and Possessives
More Punctuation
Colons
Quotation Marks and Italics
Parentheses
Hyphens, Em Dashes, and En Dashes
Periods With Bullet Points
Bonus Lesson: Punctuation to Reject
Test Yourself: More Punctuation
Online Test Yourself: More Punctuation
Online Practice: More Punctuation
Online More Practice: More Punctuation
Next Steps
Next Steps to Punctuation Mastery
Online Practice Post-Assessment--Part One: Commas and Semicolons
Online Practice Post-Assessment--Part Two: Possessive Forms
Online Practice Post Assessment--Part Three: More Punctuation
Online Post-Assessment
Learning Reinforcement
Course Slides
Review of Three Uses of Commas
Review of Three More Uses of Commas
Review of Semicolons
Review of Possessive Forms
Review of Colons and Parentheses
Review of Italics and Quotation Marks
Review of Hyphens, Dashes, and Periods in Bullets
Review Test 1
Review Test 2
Review Test 3
Punctuating with Commas and Semicolons
Punctuation for Professionals
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We'll cover the following topics in this section:
Comma Rule 1: Use commas to set off the name of the reader
Comma Rule 2: Use commas to separate two sentences
Comma Rule 3: Use semicolons to separate two sentences linked without a conjunction
Comma Rule 4: Use commas to separate an introductory part from the main sentence
Comma Rule 5: Use commas to separate the elements in a simple series
Comma Rule 6: Use semicolons to separate the elements in a complex series
Comma Rules 1-6: Review
Comma Rules 7 and 8: Use commas to set off direct quotations and nonessential content
Comma Rules 9 and 10: Use commas and semicolons to set off day-dates and city-states
Comma Rule 11: Use commas to separate adjectives before a noun when you omit "and"
Test Yourself: Using Commas and Semicolons
Online Test Yourself: Using Commas and Semicolons
Online Practice: Using Commas and Semicolons
Online More Practice: Using Commas and Semicolons
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