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References

“Active vs. Passive Voice.” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/active-vs-passive-voice/.

“Apostrophe Rules.” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/apostrophe/.

“Articles.” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/articles/.

“Colons.” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/colon-2/.

Fogarty, Mignon. “Dangling Participles.” Quick and Dirty Tipshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/dangling-participles.

Fogarty, Mignon. “Split Infinitives.” Quick and Dirty Tipshttps://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/split-infinitives?page=1.

Landis, Jacquelyn. “Lesson 4: Grammar and Punctuation.” The Keys to Effective Editing, University of Waterloo. Reading.

“Making Subjects and Verbs Agree.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University,https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/subject_verb_agreement.html.

“Order of Adjectives & Comma Use with Paired Adjectives.” Paired Adjectiveshttp://www2.estrellamountain.edu/faculty/stonebrink/ESL022/Paired%20Adjectives.htm.

“Rules for Comma Usage.” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/comma/.

“Run-ons – Comma Splices – Fused Sentences.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/independent_and_dependent_clauses/runonsentences.html.

“Run-on Sentences.” Writing Centre. Mount Saint Vincent University, https://www.msvu.ca/campus-life/centre-for-academic-advising-and-student-success/writing-centre/handouts-for-specific-writing-issues/run-on-sentences/.

“Semicolon.” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/semicolon/.

“Sentence Fragments.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/mechanics/sentence_fragments.html.

“The Apostrophe.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/apostrophe_introduction.html.

“The Parts of the Sentence.” The Writing Centre. University of Ottawa, https://arts.uottawa.ca/writingcentre/en/hypergrammar/the-parts-of-the-sentence.

“Using Articles.” Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University, https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/using_articles.html.

“Using Semicolons.” The Writing Centre. University of Wisconsin – Madison, https://writing.wisc.edu/handbook/grammarpunct/semicolons/.

“What Is a Sentence Fragment?” Grammarly Bloghttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/mistake-of-the-month-sentence-fragments/.

Wiendels, Christie. “Proper Use of the Comma and Semicolon.” The Written World, McMaster University. Lecture. 

Wiendels, Christie. “The Dangling Participle.” The Written World, McMaster University. Lecture. 

 

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