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September 20, 2017

Rules vs. Style, & the Oxford Comma

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2017 30
- September 2017 30
  - Sep 20 30
    
    Comma Splices
    
    Sentence Fragments
    
    Prepositional Phrases
    
    Coordinating Conjunctions
    
    Dangling Modifiers
    
    Subject-Verb Agreement
    
    They're, Their, There
    
    Affect vs. Effect
    
    Tackling End-of-Term Papers
    
    Your v. You're, & Lay v. Lie
    
    Fewer vs. Less
    
    Further vs. Farther, & Like vs. As
    
    To Boldly Go...with Split Infinitives
    
    Maybe We'll Be Verbing...Auxiliary Verbs and Gerunds!
    
    Capitalization
    
    The Subjunctive: Part 1
    
    The Subjunctive: Part 2
    
    Rules vs. Style, & the Oxford Comma
    
    Punctuation Bonanza: Part 1: Commas, Semicolons, &...
    
    Punctuation Bonanza: Part 2: Em Dash, Hyphens, & E...
    
    Quotations: Turabian 8th Edition
    
    Business Speak
    
    Modifiers
    
    Modifier Bonus: Only
    
    I.E. vs. E.G.
    
    That vs. Which
    
    Who vs. Whom
    
    Apostrophes, & Its vs. It's
    
    Semicolons
    
    Colons

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a lot1 accept v except1 adjective2 adjective comma1 adverb1 affect v effect1 alot1 apostrophes1 auxiliary verbs1 bibliography1

capital letters1 capitalization2 citations2 colon2 comma splices1 commas6 common nouns1 commonly confused words8 complete sentences3 compound adjective1 conjugations2 conjunction comma1 contraction2 coordinating conjunctions5 count v non-count nouns1 dangling modifier2 dependent clause1 descriptors2 direct object3 elements of style1 ellipses1 em dash1 endnotes1 FANBOYS5 fewer v less1 footnotes1 former v latter1 further v farther1 future1 future tense1 gerunds1 helping verb1 homophones2 hyphen1 i.e. v e.g.1 imperative2 independent clause2 indicative2 infinitive phrase1 infinitives1 its v it's1 lay v lie1 like v as1 linking verb1 misplaced modifier2 modal auxiliaries1 modifier3 non-essential element comma1 non-restrictive clauses1 noun2 noun clauses1 nouns1 object of the preposition1 OED1 only3 oxford commas2 paraphrasing2 participle phrase1 past tense2 perfect2 perfect-progressive2 planning ahead1 possessive2 prepositional phrase2 prepositions2 present participle1 present tense2 progressive2 pronoun2 proper nouns1 punctuation3 quoting2 relative clause1 relative pronoun1 restrictive clauses1 semicolon2 sentence fragments1 serial comma1 simple2 singular v plural3 spell checker1 split infinitives1 style guide1 subject1 subject-verb agreement1 subjunctive2 subjunctive mood2 subordinate conjunctions2 tense3 tense verbs1 that v which1 they're their there1 titles1 to be verbs1 Turabian 8th edition5 verb3 verb phrase1 verbs3 who v which1 who v whom1 works cited1 writing2 writing essays2 WTS Style Guide1 you're v your1

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