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What is an Interjection?
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An interjection is a word added to a sentence to convey emotion. It is not grammatically related to any other part of the sentence.
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The Parts of Speech
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Word Formation
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The basic part of any word is the root; to it, you can add a prefix at the beginning and/or a suffix at the end to change the meaning.
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The Parts of Speech
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Subject and Predicate
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Every complete sentence contains two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject.
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The Parts of the Sentence
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Objects and Complements
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A verb may be followed by an object that completes the verb's meaning.
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The Parts of the Sentence
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Apposition
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When two words, clauses, or phrases stand close together and share the same part of the sentence, they are in apposition and are called appositives.
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The Parts of the Sentence
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The Comma
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Comma usage is in some respects a question of personal writing style: some writers use commas liberally, while others prefer to use them sparingly. Most modern North American style guides now recommend using fewer commas rather than more, so when faced with the option of using a comma or not, you may find it wise to refrain.
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Punctuation
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The Semicolon
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You will usually use the semicolon to link independent clauses not joined by a co-ordinating conjunction. Semicolons should join only those independent clauses that are closely related in meaning.
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Punctuation
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The Colon
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Writers often confuse the colon with the semicolon, but their uses are entirely different.
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Punctuation
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End Punctuation
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The punctuation marks that signal the end of a sentence are the period, the question mark and the exclamation mark.
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Punctuation
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Quotation Marks
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The exact rules for quotation marks vary greatly from language to language and even from country to country within the English-speaking world. In North American usage, you should place double quotation marks (") before and after directly quoted material and words of dialogue:
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