Voveris, Emily

= The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight =

NP: The Charleston Cougars

Articles: The

Common Nouns:

Proper Nouns: Charleston Cougars

Adj:

VP: Are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight

Verbs: Are, playing

Adv:

PP: In soccer tonight

Prepositions: In, tonight

Article:

Nouns: soccer

DO (if any exist): Cary Rail Hawks

Noun: Cary Rail Hawks

Article:

IC: the Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks

DC: In soccer tonight

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex)

Complex

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawk,in soccer tonight.

= We really should be going now she said =

NP: We

Articles:

Common Nouns: we

Proper Nouns:

Adj:

VP: really should be going now she said

Verbs: Said

Adv:

PP: should be going now

Prepositions: now

Article: be

Nouns: going

DO (if any exist):

Noun:

Article:

IC: we really should be going now she said

DC:

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) simple Sentence Correctly Punctuated: "we really should be going now" she said.

= I received an incomplete on my homework because I forgot to write my name on it. =

NP: my name on it Articles:

Common Nouns: MY

Proper Nouns:

Adj:

VP: received an incomplete on my homework because I forget to write

Verbs: received forgot write

Adv:

PP: on my homework

Prepositions: on

Article:

Nouns: my homework

DO (if any exist): I

Noun: I

Article:

IC: I received an incomplete on my homework. I forgot to write my name on it

DC:

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) compound

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: I received an "incomplete" on my homework, because I forgot to write my name on it.



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1) There was a storm last night, the storm knocked out the power . Both of the clauses can stand alone by themselves. 2) The dog ran into the street, and was hit by a car. The first section of the sentence can stand alone but the second part cannot. 3) Differences: A. when a sentence uses a comma there does not have to be a clear connection between the two clauses. The connection between the two clauses has to be clear when using a semicolon. B. A comma will connect two incomplete thoughts while a semicolon connects two complete thought. C. A comma is used in a list of items and a semicolon brings emphasis to the items in a series. Commas: A. The bill was spilt among Mary, Jerry, John and Jack. The comma is used to separate the items in a series. B. She was born in Savannah, Georgia. The comma is used to separate the name of the city and the state. Semicolon: A. The dog ran into the street, and was hit by a car; the dog will have to get surgery later today. The semicolon is used because a comma was used previously in the sentence.