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Elise Black
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Hi, I'm Hestia Carrow, I was named after a Greek Goddess.
I'm in Slytherin. I am not sure if all my family member's went in Slytherin.
I'm in Slytherin. I am not sure if all my family member's went in Slytherin.
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BYE STELLA MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Elise Black- Posts : 215
Join date : 2010-04-22
Location : WHAT. I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
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Good, you got yourself a character that's not already taken or some nonsensical made up relative. Now, do try to pay attention to the grammar lessons this time.
There we go. Welcome (again)!
Don't use apostrophes for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals.
Apostrophes should not be used with possessive pronouns because possessive pronouns already show possession — they don't need an apostrophe. His, her, its, my, yours, ours are all possessive pronouns. Here are some examples:
wrong: his' book
correct: his book
wrong: The group made it's decision.
correct: The group made its decision.
(Note: Its and it's are not the same thing. It's is a contraction for "it is" and its is a possessive pronoun meaning "belonging to it." It's raining out= it is raining out. A simple way to remember this rule is the fact that you don't use an apostrophe for the possessive his or hers, so don't do it with its!)
wrong: a friend of yours'
correct: a friend of yours
wrong: She waited for three hours' to get her ticket.
correct: She waited for three hours to get her ticket.
A RUN-ON SENTENCE (sometimes called a "fused sentence") has at least two parts, either one of which can stand by itself (in other words, two independent clauses), but the two parts have been smooshed together instead of being properly connected.
It is important to realize that the length of a sentence really has nothing to do with whether a sentence is a run-on or not; being a run-on is a structural flaw that can plague even a very short sentence:
The sun is high, put on some sunblock.
An extremely long sentence, on the other hand, might be a "run-off-at-the-mouth" sentence, but it can be otherwise sound, structurally.
When two independent clauses are connected by only a comma, they constitute a run-on sentence that is called a comma-splice. The example just above (about the sunscreen) is a comma-splice. When you use a comma to connect two independent clauses, it must be accompanied by a little conjunction (and, but, for, nor, yet, or, so).
The sun is high, so put on some sunscreen.
There we go. Welcome (again)!
James Potter - Inactive- Posts : 3645
Join date : 2010-03-07
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I already banned her. >.>
Claire McCann- Fifth Year
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Join date : 2010-04-06
Location : With Melanie
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At least she had tried to get a proper character and her grammar had improved some? Though, the concept of an apostrophe's proper use was still not quite grasped.
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And there was a comma splice. I hate comma splices. Maybe next time she'll try harder.
James Potter - Inactive- Posts : 3645
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