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    ************************************************************************* Smarthinking’s E-structor Response Form (Your marked-up essay is below this form.) HOW THIS WORKS: Your e-structor has written overview comments about your essay in the form below. Your e-structor has also embedded comments [in bold and in brackets] throughout your essay. Thank you for choosing Smarthinking’s OWL; best wishes with revising your paper! Hi‚ Patrina! I am Esperanza C.‚ your E-structor for this session

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    In recent decades‚ cities have grown so large that now about 50% of the Earth’s population lives in urban areas. There are several reasons for this occurrence. First‚ the increasing industrialization of the nineteenth century resulted in the creation of many factory jobs‚ which tended to be located in cities. These jobs‚ with their promise of a better material life‚ attracted many people from rural areas. Second‚ there were many schools established to educate the children of the new factory laborers

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    There are rules to follow when changing the verb. Punctuation in Indirect Speech Introductory expressions Use a comma or colon after an introductory expression. Examples: Our teacher declared‚ “It´s nice to be back!” In his Valedictorian Address‚ Paul included these words: “This graduation signals a new beginning for us– a step into adulthood.” Concluding expressions Use a comma‚ question mark‚ or exclamation mark after a quotation followed by a concluding

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    women. To hold a major public post in New Mexico. Run-On Sentences Avoid using a run-on sentence: -Two or more complete thoughts that run together as if they were one complete thought There are two types of run-on sentences: -a fused sentence -a comma splice Fused Sentences A fused sentence is a run-on sentence with no punctuation between the two complete thoughts. Example: [(1)Emerson praised

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    CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………..................... 2 CHAPTER1. THE THEORETICAL BASES OF THE STUDY OF MODERN PUNCTUATION AS HISTORICAL SYSTEM 1.1 Punctuation as a Language. Fundamentals of the theory of punctuation……………..4 1.2 Principles of Modern Punctuation ……………………………………………………..5 CHAPTER 2. MODERN ENLISH PUNCTUATION………………………………………6 2.1.Coma…………………………..……………………………….………………………. 6 2.2. Apostrophe .….………………………….……………………….…………………….10 2.3. The exclamation poin…………………….…………………………

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    strong at because there is always room for improvement. I will concentrate on working on my punctuation and word choices. When it comes to punctuation I still need some work on my commas. I need to watch for comma splices and remember to add commas where needed. To better myself in this area I will read specifically about commas on pages 282-297 in The Little‚ Brown

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    give everyone else the image that he is not looking for a relationship or is not interested in finding love. When questioned by Claudio about his apathy towards Hero‚ Benedick states ‘‘methinks she’s too low for a high praise‚ too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise’’. The message Benedick is trying to get across is that he thinks Hero has too many faults and imperfections; that he’s not good enough for her and doesn’t meet his standards. This also suggests that Hero might be too

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    (Gaille). With so many young students and millennials dealing with this problem‚ it is no wonder that they think they are above average in their abilities. They have grown up with contributing very little work to their exploits and still receive high praise on them. As Twenge stated in her essay‚ “students are

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    Question Mark? Exclamation Mark! Comma‚ Apostrophe’ " Quotation Marks” Colon: Semicolon; Dash- Hyphen - Period [.] ... Punctuation!!!! Who needs it???? Do you really care that the italic typeface was invented by a man called Aldus Manutius the Elder? Is it of interest to anyone that he was also the man who printed the first semicolon? Do you really have to count to two in between two related but independent clauses before you use it? Will not an ordinary dash - like this one - do just as well? Truss’

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    Citations in text: ’Author ’s last name (20**) found that... ’ ’Recent studies (Last name 20**; last name‚ last name‚ and last name 20**; last name 20**)... Note the following: a semi-colon separates entries‚ there is no comma before the date‚ there is a comma before the ’and ’ in multiple author listings. Citations in references: Books: Ward‚ John W. (1987). Keeping the Family Business Healthy. San Francisco‚ Calif.: Jossey Bass. Note the following: Author names and publication

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