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57 Cards in this Set
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Is used at the end of a sentence or complete thought. |
Period Rule |
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If the sentence ends with quotation marks this always goes inside the quotation mark. |
Period |
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Is used at the end of each enumerated item |
period |
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Use with single capitalized letters, with no space between |
Period |
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Use as a decimal point, leave no space before or after |
Period |
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used to separate words, phrases or clauses when the appear in a series (before the word and is not optional) |
Comma |
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Always place inside quotation marks |
Comma |
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Always place outside of parentheses |
Comma |
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Use between two or more word that describe a following word when and is omitted |
Comma |
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Use to set off a diagnosis which is followed by where it is |
Comma |
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Use before the province or country when it follows a city name. |
Comma |
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Use following the province or country |
Comma |
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Can use to separate numbers into units of three |
Comma |
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Use before the year if the month and day are included |
Comma |
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Omit if only month and year are given |
Comma |
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Use to separate the day of the week from the month |
Comma |
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Use before connecting words in a compound sentence. |
Comma |
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Is made up of two sentences that are joined by a FANBOY |
Compound sentence |
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FOR, NOR, YET, SO, BUT, AND, OR |
FANBOYS |
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Use after an introductory clause |
Comma |
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Use to set of abbreviations that follow a persons name |
Comma |
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Place before and after Latin abbreviations |
Comma |
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Do not use to separate two units of the same dimensions |
Comma |
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Use before the word which if the clause that follows is nonessential |
Comma |
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Is additional or explanatory detail |
Nonessential clause |
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If it can be omitted without changing the meaning it should be set off with |
Comma |
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Interrupts the flow of a sentence |
Interruptive |
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Must have punctuation on both sides |
However |
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Used to connect two or more words which act as a compound adjective BEFORE a noun |
Hyphen |
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If it is a metric unit do not use |
Hyphen |
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If the number and abbreviated metric unit combine with additional words use |
Hyphen |
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When a suffix or prefix is joined with an abbreviation |
Hyphen |
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When there is a prefix before a proper noun |
Hyphen |
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Used to join some compound nouns containing a number or single letter |
Hyphen (Check Dorlands) |
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Use to form words beginning with self |
Hyphen |
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Use to join words with like when it is a proper noun when word ends in a L or vowel when word has 3 or more syllables |
Hyphen |
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Use to join some prefixes ending in the same letter that the combining word contains |
Hyphen (Check Dorlands) |
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Do not use after adverbs ending in ly |
Hyphen |
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Use in a series of compound adjectives with a common base |
Hyphen |
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Use for numbers 21 to 99 when they are spelled |
Hyphen |
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Use to spell out fractions used before a noun |
Hyphen |
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Use with the prefix great or suffix in-law |
Hyphen |
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Do not use in family names |
Hyphen |
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Use to form ex- compounds when ex- means former and proceeds a noun that can stand alone |
Hyphen |
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Use with a noun to show possession |
's |
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If possessive noun ends in s add this only |
Apostrophe |
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Use when expressing a time span in a possessive phrase |
Apostrophe |
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Is an indication of word in which letters are omitted |
Apostrophe |
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Is a shortened form of a word or phrase |
Contraction |
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Use should be avoided in technical material even if dictated |
Contraction |
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Exception to using this is when dictator is expressing patients own words |
Contraction |
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Use to form the plural of single letters, symbols, and abbreviations in lower case |
Apostrophe |
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Do not use to form the plural of all-capital abbreviations |
Apostrophe |
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Do not use to form plural of numbers |
Apostrophe |
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Add to plural form plural of single numbers |
Apostrophe (3's) |
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Do not use in abbreviated units of measure |
Plurals |
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Preferred: Pott fracture Accepted: Pott's fracture |
Eponymic terms |