eoc cram: punctuation apostrophes quotation marks commas colons
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EOC Cram: Punctuation
ApostrophesQuotation MarksCommasColons
Apostrophes: The comma in the sky!
Use apostrophes to show possession
Singular nouns & indefinite pronouns
somebody’s hat no one’s ticketa child’s toy Peru’s oceanRay Charles’s music lynx’s habitatbus’s muffler Daris’s
cupcake
Apostrophes: No-no’s!
Never use apostrophes with personal possessive pronouns.
its enginewhose mailThe responsibility is theirs.The car is ours.The rewards are yours.
Apostrophes + Plural Words
Plural words that already end in –s, just end with the apostrophe.
the Girl Scouts’ badge teachers’ cars
Add an –s + an apostrophe if the plural word doesn’t have one.
children’s surprise her teeth’s crownwomen’s decision his feet’s arches
Apostrophes + Big Words
Put the apostrophe on the last word in a compound noun.
my sister-in-law’s computerthe foster child’s happinessmy great-grandfather’s watchmy pen pal’s photograph
Apostrophes: Together?
If something is possessed by both people…use the apostrophe for the last name used.
my father and mother’s houseLord and Taylor’s department storeProcter and Gamble’s products
Apostrophes: Separate?
If the people possess something individually, each person gets and apostrophe.
Julie’s and Emma’s test scoresthe Murphy’s and Locklear’s houses
Apostrophes: Contractions Use an apostrophe
to combine two words into one.
TIP: Always break down a contraction on the EOC.
ALWAYS!
You’re You are
Who’s Who isWho has
It’s It isIt has
Can’t cannot
Apostrophes: ‘Twas a good year
Use an apostrophe in the missing numbers of a year.
Class of ’12the summer of ’62the ’08 election
Quotation Marks: QM
Use quotation marks for direct quotes.
Only put QM around what comes out of the person’s mouth.
She says, “You are such a doll!”Use a comma to separate the quote
from the rest of the sentence.