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Singular Subjects Take Singular Verbs – Verbs with an “s” ........................................................... 61
Plural Subjects Take Plural Verbs – Verbs with no “s” .................................................................. 61
Compound Subjects Joined by And ............................................................................................... 61
Compound Subjects Joined by Or, Nor ......................................................................................... 62
Phrases Between Subjects and Verbs ........................................................................................... 62
Questions and Sentences Beginning with There or Here .............................................................. 62
Verbs Must Agree with Pronoun Subject ...................................................................................... 62
ADVERB CLAUSES .......................................................................................................................... 65
Simple (S) ....................................................................................................................................... 65
Compound (Cd) ............................................................................................................................. 66
Complex (Cx) .................................................................................................................................. 66
Compound-Complex (Cd-Cx) ......................................................................................................... 66
Full stop ......................................................................................................................................... 68
Question Mark ............................................................................................................................... 68
Exclamation Point .......................................................................................................................... 68
Abbreviations End with a Full stop ................................................................................................ 69
Joining Independent Clauses ......................................................................................................... 69
Comma Errors ................................................................................................................................ 69
Commas in a Series........................................................................................................................ 70
Direct Address ............................................................................................................................... 70
Appositives .................................................................................................................................... 70
Conjunctive Adverbs ...................................................................................................................... 71
Join Two Related Independent Clauses ......................................................................................... 72
Join Two Independent Clauses with Conjunctive Adverb ............................................................. 72
Introduce a List .............................................................................................................................. 72
Join Independent Clauses when the Second Clause Explains ....................................................... 72

Other Colon Uses ........................................................................................................................... 73
Names of Places ............................................................................................................................ 74
Common Names in Official Names ................................................................................................ 74
Names of People ........................................................................................................................... 74
Calendar Items .............................................................................................................................. 74
Titles .............................................................................................................................................. 74
Deity .............................................................................................................................................. 75
Religious Writings, Groups, Terms ................................................................................................ 75
Historical Events and Periods ........................................................................................................ 75
Nationalities, Races, and Tribes .................................................................................................... 75
Proper Adjectives .......................................................................................................................... 75
Personal Titles ............................................................................................................................... 75
Accept vs. Except ........................................................................................................................... 79
Advice vs. Advise ........................................................................................................................... 79
Affect vs. Effect .............................................................................................................................. 80

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