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Punctuation: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes and apostrophes

English: conventions of standard English · Lesson 3 of 5

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Lesson 3 of 5 · English: conventions of standard English

Punctuation: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes and apostrophes

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Use commas after introductory elements, between items in a series, between coordinate adjectives and around nonessential (nonrestrictive) elements, and omit them around essential ones
Remove unnecessary commas: between subject and verb, between a verb and its object, before a restrictive clause, and directly after a coordinating conjunction

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Pair dashes, commas and parentheses consistently around an interrupting element

Form singular and plural possessives, and distinguish possessives (its, their, whose) from contractions and plurals

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