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Brackets Parentheses and Quotation Marks
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1,263 Questions
Where does the question mark go in this sentence Paul is not old enough is he for that movie?
I would rearrange that sentence to say: Paul is not old enough for that movie, is he? or Is Paul old enough for that movie?
predicate nominatives
The end of the sentence that strong feeling. what should we use mark?
How can you type different brackets?
If you can't find them on your keyboard, use charmap.exe
() ASCII 28H and 29H
[] ASCII 5BH and 5DH
{} ASCII 7BH and 7DH
How do you answer the 8 mark essay - history?
You start off with the introduction. This should be a few scented new setting the tone tot eh question Then the main body should be three para of it CBC Done
Can actually be used at the end of a sentence?
yes actually can be used at the end of a sentence. (eg) I didn't go there actually.
it comes from the government
esp. in ancient rome when it burned down
When putting a song title in quotes does the comma go inside or outside the quotes?
The comma goes inside the quotes. Colons and semi-colons go outside.
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What do the brackets represent?
In quoted material a bracket around text indicates that it has been changes from the original quote. e.g.
"I was with him on the night in question."
"I was with [Michael] on the night in question."
Indicates that the Michael was not the word used in the original quote, but gives a reader information that they were unable to infer from the word him, but is still the accurate interpretation of the actual original quote.
Do its and it's have contradictory meanings?
Another common homework question!
This is a good example of where people often make mistakes in their writing. In the same way that their, they're, and there all have completely different meanings, but the same pronunciation; its and it's mean two completely different things.
Contradictory meaning words such as yes and no are what we call antonyms. This means they have completely the opposite use. However, our examples its and it's are not antonyms, they are just words that sound the same but mean different things.
The first word, its, is a single word used to indicate nonspecific possession of something. For example: They heard its noise before they saw it. We do not know if the thing that owns the noise is male or female, so we refers to it as an it.
The word "it's" is actually two words and is used to affirm that something is the case. For example: It's true what they say about him. It's means it is, and all we are doing is substitute the space and the i of is for an apostrophe ('). This way of writing better reflects the way we pronounce these two words when they are together like this.
Do you put quotation marks around the title of a musical?
Yes, I believe so. If not, you only need to put it into italics.
What are all the punctuation marks in the English grammar and their uses?
' Apostrophe: used in contractions and to show possession [] Brackets: Set apart or Interject text within other text
: Colon: to introduce something
, Comma: to separate things such as in a sequence
Dashes: to create a range or for a minus symbol
Ellipsis: a mark creating an intentional omission of a word, to trail off at the end of a sentence, to pause in speech, or to indicate an unfinished thought
! Exclamation Mark: Comes after interjection or exclamation to indicate strong volume and high feelings
. Period: to end a sentence
<> Guillemets: indicate speech, fast forward/rewind
- Hyphen: join words or separate syllables
? Question Mark: Replaces a period at the end of an interrogative sentence
" " ' ' Quotation Marks: Quotation, speech, phrase, word
; Semicolon: separate closely related independent clauses, serial commas
/ Slash/Solidus: replace hyphen/dash
What is an interrupted quotation?
Example: Alison screeched, "give it back to me," she hissed, "or else." You see?
