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Editing in context: fragments, run-ons, commas and quotation marks. Below are the page on Peabody that teach it, free, with no sign-up and no ads.

  • L.4.1f
  • L.4.2b

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The same kind of question Peabody asks, with the answer and why under each.

  1. Which is a whole sentence?

    • Likes warm milk.
    • My cat likes milk.
    • My little cat.
    Show the answer and why
    Answer: My cat likes milk.
    A sentence starts with a capital, says who and what they did, and ends with a mark. It's My cat likes milk..
  2. Which is written right?

    • Where is my hat.
    • Where is my hat?
    • where is my hat?
    Show the answer and why
    Answer: Where is my hat?
    A sentence starts with a capital, says who and what they did, and ends with a mark. It's Where is my hat?.
  3. Which is written right?

    • It rained. We stayed inside.
    • It rained we stayed inside.
    • It rained, we stayed inside.
    Show the answer and why
    Answer: It rained. We stayed inside.
    A sentence starts with a capital, says who and what they did, and ends with a mark. It's It rained. We stayed inside..

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