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**if there is NOT another dash in the sentence, then the dash is NOT acting parenthetically (...) | **if there is NOT another dash in the sentence, then the dash is NOT acting parenthetically (...) | ||
== Apostrophe | == Parentheses ( ) == | ||
apostrophe is a single hash mark that | |||
* parentheses create agrammatical sentence elements | |||
** i.e., the ( ) does not change the grammar or punctuation of the sentence | |||
** a parenthesis may be inserted anywhere in a sentence | |||
* <u>note</u>: the parenthetical element usually explains or gives an example for a word or idea that it follows | |||
** ''Joey (a growing young man) is always hungry'' | |||
** ''Joey is always (I mean always!) hungry'' | |||
** ''Joey is always hungry (and voraciously hungry)'' | |||
* <u>note:</u> dashes and commas can create parenthetical elements | |||
'''parentheses do ONE thing:''' | |||
# add information between two parentheses ( ... ) | |||
'''What PARENTHESES do & how to eliminate using the rule/s:''' | |||
* if the parenthecal element does not explain the word or idea it follows, it or the word choice is likely incorrect | |||
* parentheses or parenthetical elements may interrupt essential elements | |||
** a subject and verb, or a verb and object, are never separated by punctuation | |||
*** except a parentheses or parenthetical element may come in between them | |||
*** all of these are correct: | |||
**** ''Five monkeys (dressed up like clowns) juggled bananas (''< parentheses) | |||
**** ''Five monkeys, dressed like clowns, juggled bananas'' (< parenthetical commas) | |||
**** ''Five monkeys dressed up like clowns juggled bananas (''< no punctuation) | |||
*** note that if we move the parenthetical phrase, it becomes illogical: | |||
**** ''Five monkeys juggled (dressed up like clowns) bananas'' | |||
***** here the parenthetical phrase incorrectly adds information to the verb "juggled" | |||
*** when "that" operates as a "relative pronoun," it is not separated from the clause or word it describes by punctuation, EXCEPT if that punctuation is parenthetical: | |||
**** ''It was the choice of material (poetry rather than prose) that made it difficult (<< parentheses)'' | |||
**** ''It was the choice of material, poetry rather than prose, that made it difficult (<< parenthetical commas)'' | |||
**** ''It was the choice of material -- poetry rather than prose -- that made it difficult'' (<< parenthetical dashes) | |||
== Apostrophe ' == | |||
* an apostrophe is a single hash mark that 1) creates contractions or 2) indicates possession | |||
** contractions: cannot --> can't; they are --> they're; it is --> it's | |||
** possesion: | |||
** <u>note</u>: | |||
*** only nouns can be possessive | |||
*** and only nouns can be possessed | |||
**** ex. ''dog's bone'' | |||
*** if a verb, preposition or adverb follow the possessive noun it is wrong | |||
*** an adjective may follow a possessive if that adjective is modifying the possessed noun | |||
**** ex. ''dog's juicy bone'' | |||
*** possesive personal pronouns do not use apostrophes: | |||
**** ''my/mine, your/yours, his, hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs'' | |||
'''apostrophes do TWO things:''' | '''apostrophes do TWO things:''' | ||