Sử dụng một dấu hai chấm sau lời chào của một lá thư kinh doanh. Dear Sirs: Thưa ông Franklin: • Sử dụng một dấu hai chấm để giới thiệu một danh sách các mục kết thúc một câu. Không sử dụng dấu hai Tôi làm bài tập ở nhà; Rick có những niềm vui. | Mechanics Punctuation Colons and Semicolons--------------------------------------- Use a colon to separate the hour and the minute when you write the time of day. 12 45 1 15 6 30 Use a colon after the greeting of a business letter. Dear Sirs Dear Mr. Franklin Use a colon to introduce a list of items that ends a sentence. Do not use a colon if the list immediately follows a verb or a preposition. Leave out the colon or reword the sentence. You will need these items swimsuit towel and sandals. The items you will need are a swimsuit a towel and sandals. Use a semicolon to join parts of a compound sentence when a conjunction is not used. I do the homework Rick has the fun. 1 Grammar Apostrophes Use an apostrophe and an s s to form the possessive of a singular noun and to form the possessive of a plural noun that does not end in s. Jason s book my mom s bike the car s horn Use an apostrophe alone to form the possessive of a plural noun that ends in s. ladies purses donkeys brays lilies scent Use an apostrophe in a contraction to show where a letter or letters are missing. we are we re he is he s would not wouldn t Do not use an apostrophe in a possessive pronoun. its good points their friends your idea Practice Rewrite each sentence correctly. Add punctuation where needed. 1. He found these childrens toys near the merry go round one bat two balls one mitt He found these children s toys near the merry-go-round one bat two balls one mitt. 2. Our group will meet at 830 AM your group wont meet until 230 PM Our group will meet at 8 30 . your group won t meet until 2 30 . 3. Why did Dr Riviera move my sisters appointment ahead twenty eight days Why did Dr. Riviera move my sister s appointment ahead twenty-eight days 169 Grammar Mechanics Punctuation Commas Use a comma between the name of the city and state in an address. Lafayette Indiana Use a comma after the name of a state or a country when it is used with the name of a city in a sentence. We visited San Francisco .
