Eve began to imagine herself as a goddess. Often they join two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction. Orange is quite vociferous, Abigail is much quieter. Use semicolons between items in a series that contain internal punctuation. Colons normally introduce words that somehow explain the preceding idea.
Apostrophes Use apostrophes to show possession.
Why the works of Dickens are read today, but Alexander Popes are not is a mystery to few. Punctuation around Quotation marks and Proper MLA Citation Please look up the rules and get this right. Hacker has a clear explanation. Use of Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, and Ellipses Please get these right. Sentence Fragments Be able to identify incomplete sentences and to write complete sentences.