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Writing & Grammar: Answers to Last Week's Comma Challenge on Compound Sentences Versus Compound Predicates

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  Doug Blackley ,  Jimmy Moon , Sonia ,  Nancy Upchurch ,  Kara Jones , Jing Ping Fan ,  Linda Craig , and  Larena Jackson. Jing Ping Fan offered these correct answers with explanations in parentheses. The ice cream truck entered the neighborhood and turned on its loudspeaker.

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Writing & Grammar: Working with Pronoun Case

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by Jennie Ruby    Here are the answers to last week's pronoun challenge , brought to you, as so many times, by  Jing Ping Fan. Moran, Ginny Supranowitz, Jing Ping Fan, Leigh Pedwell, Tara Allen, Vera I. I have supplemented her explanation in number 7--the rest is hers.   (Whose) - possessive pronoun.

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Writing & Grammar: Hyphenating Adjectives (And Answers to Last Week's Challenge)

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by Jennie Ruby    Answers to last week's  comma challenge , as presented by Jing Ping Fan  (Correct answers were also sent in by  Susan Benson ): The tall and hollow trunk (or The tall, hollow trunk). The upper right corner. A quick, easy lesson (or "and"). My blue suede shoes. black coffee cup.

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Writing & Grammar: Commas and Clauses

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But first, let's look at some answers from  last week's challenge : Once again, our reader  Jing Ping Fan  (JP) comes through with a perfect set of answers, annotated with explanations. Her answers are perfect, but she also notes which commas are needed versus optional. After lunch we will cover photo filtering.

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Writing & Grammar: Pronoun Case

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Other completely correct answers came from  Leigh Pedwell, Jing Ping Fan, Stacey Edwards, Daniel Jones,  and  Krista Allen , and those who missed only the detail of Jennie's and my were  Brenda Sing, Mary Anne Benvenutti, Jenny Chappell, Zoe Cohen, Jodi Hill, Chris Zimmel, Tara Allen,  and  Sonia Verma.

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Writing & Grammar: Confusing Words and Usage

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Mukora, Bob Cunningham, Carla Craddock, Chris Zimmel , David Pitts, Irene McCoy, Jackie Knoy, Jim Dages, Jing Ping Fan, Karyn R Smith, Krista Allen, Nancy Wright , Susan Czubiak, Susan Klick, Tanya Davis , Tara Allen, Terri Schultz,  and  Toni Wills. Here are your winners, alphabetically by first name:  Amanda P.

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Writing & Grammar: More Confusing Words

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  Jing Ping Fan  pointed out, however, that if you did mean that the hurricane filled you with  horror  over its monstrous  size, then maybe there is enough emotional/moral valence to tip your description over into  enormity. .  If you like Jennie's articles, you'll love her classes.

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