When combining two complete sentences with a conjunction ("and," "but," "or," "for," or "yet"), precede the conjunction with a comma. Example: Still, the sun is slowly getting brighter and hotter, and ...

Man in striped blue shirt and glasses: A sentence should open, introduce a subject, deal with that subject and then come to a conclusion. Man in blue jumper and hat: Start, middle and end.

Every sentence must have an independent clause. The clause is called independent when it includes a subject, a verb, and other words which express a complete thought together. Many sentences may ...

A run‐on sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together with insufficient punctuation. This means that there are two or more complete sentences fused into one sentence. Use a colon: a ...

This is a complete sentence. She collects atoms ... This clip is from the series Grammar for 11-14s year olds. Use a series of identification activities to reinforce understanding.

Emphasis—Capitalize the first word after the colon only if it is a proper noun or the start of a complete sentence. (She had one love: Western Michigan University.) Dialogue—Write the speaker's name, ...