JOU 3101 Lecture 7: Week 7 Lecture Reporting
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Pronoun must agree with the nouns they refer to. In general, use them when two or more words are being used as one to modify a noun that follows: however, if one of the words is an adverb ending in ly, don"t use one. Days, dtates: think in terms of day of publication, there is no tomorrow or yesterday , for dates fewer than seven days before or after publication, use the day. Its vs. it"s vs. its": its is the possessive form, it"s is the contraction of it is , its" isn"t used. Titles: use quotation marks for movies, books, tv shows, and more. The arnold schwarzenegger fan club scheduled a meeting to talk about revising its bylaws. Mayor frank granger cast the deciding vote. (no commas around name) Beth foonman works for the orlando sentinel. (no quotations around newspapers) It"s time to learn how to use the hyphen.