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Colon (1 thing) (:)

Independent clause before and an expanding thought after. (Moh is so old he can only see 3 colors: blue, green, and white.)

Period (1 thing) (.)

Independent clause before and independent clause after. (IC.IC)

Semicolon (2 thing) ( ; )

Semicolon list ( blah: 1923, blah ;1823, blah, blah) (anytime there is already 1 semicolon in the question.

Independent clause before and independent clause after. ( subject verb; subject verb)

Comma + FANBOYS (1 thing) ( , and)

Independent clause before and independent clause after. ( Moh is so old, and Moh is going to ride a bicycle. )

Isolated comma (2 things) ( , )

Comma list (cookies, butter, jelly, and chicken nuggets.)

Attaches non-essential element ( I am Moh, who is so handsome and bald and sinny and again bald, and I know how to walk)

Dash (2 things) ( - )

Attaches non-essential element (has to be a dash sandwich) ( I am Moh -who is so handsome and bald and sinny and again bald- and I know how to walk)

Same thing as a colon. (Moh is so old he can only see 3 colors - blue, green, and white.)

What are the 3 shortcuts?

Title name (Unemployed Moh) (title = enemployed) (name = moh) (no punctuation is needed) NOT EVEN 1
Dashes (-) (If one dash is already in the question and a dash in an option then mostly likely that’s the answer but check it first.) (also - = : )

Question Marks (?) (always starts with a question word like “how”, “who”, “why”, “Do”, “which”, “what” “when” “where” etc. if not then DONT USE IT.)

What are the 4 Priority List? Hint (CPIN)

1. Colon ( : )

2. Period ( . ), Semicolon ( ; ), Comma+FANBOYS ( ,and) (for and nor but yet so)

3. Isolated Comma ( , ) (comma list) (attaches non-essential elements)

4. No Punctuantion. ( ) (use when it has TITILE (JOB) NAME.)

Transition Placement

if a transaction word is (however;) the ; controls which sentence it targets.
example.

“Moh is so good at his job as he plans out on meals, decorations, plans, etc. Moh can’t do all of this on his own; however, he uses 4 helpers to do his job.) this shows that the however is going against the yellow text as ; = .

“Moh is so good at his job as he plans out on meals, decorations, plans, etc. Moh can’t do all of this on his own, however;) In this text (which it is used correctly) the however now go against the red text. because of the switch of the , and ;

Punctuation process

1. Look at the answer choices first. (look with eyes 👁👁)

2. Plan out all your steps just from the answer choices (like if u see a ( . ) that means if the question does show a ( subject + verb . subject + verb (aka idependent sentence . independent sentence) then u know thats the answer
   a. Find what you need to look for in the passage.

3. Look for that in the passage
   a. Look for subject and main verb
   b. Comma jumping: Start at the beginning of the sentence and as soon as you realize what you’re reading is additional info, jump to the next comma.

4. Make sure you 100% understand the structure of the sentence before you select the answer.