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Unit 11: Lesson 3
Writing: Grammar- Writing: Setting Up Ideas — Video Lesson
- Setting up ideas | Quick guide
- Writing: Strong Support — Video lesson
- Strong support | Quick guide
- Writing: Relevant Information — Video lesson
- Relevant information | Quick guide
- Writing: Sequencing sentences — Video lesson
- Sequencing sentences | Quick guide
- Writing: Transition Words — Video lesson
- Transition words and phrases | Quick guide
- Writing: Transition Sentences — Video Lesson
- Transition sentences | Quick guide
- Writing: Introductions — Video lesson
- Writing: Conclusions — Video lesson
- Introductions and conclusions | Quick guide
- Writing: Interpreting Graphs and Data — Video lesson
- Interpreting graphs and data | Quick guide
- Writing: Precision — Video Lesson
- Precise word choice | Quick guide
- Writing: Concision — Video lesson
- Concision | Quick guide
- Writing: Formal and Informal Language — Video Lesson
- Writing: Formal vs. casual language — Example
- Formal vs. casual language | Quick guide
- Writing: Syntax — Example
- Writing: Sentence Fragments — Video Lesson
- Writing: Sentence Boundaries — Example 1
- Writing: Sentence boundaries — Example 2
- Sentence fragments | Quick guide
- Writing: Subordination and coordination — Example
- Writing: Combining Sentences — Video Lesson
- Linking clauses | Quick guide
- Writing: Parallel Structure — Video lesson
- Writing: Parallel structure — Example
- Parallel structure | Quick guide
- Writing: Modifier Placement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Modifier placement — Example
- Modifier placement | Quick guide
- Writing: Verb Tense and Mood — Video Lesson
- Writing: Shift in verb tense and mood — Example
- Verb tense and mood | Quick guide
- Writing: Pronoun Clarity — Video Lesson
- Writing: Pronoun clarity — Example
- Pronoun clarity | Quick guide
- Writing: Pronoun Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Pronoun-antecedent agreement — Example
- Pronoun-antecedent agreement | Quick guide
- Writing: Possessive determiners — Example 1
- Writing: Possessive determiners — Example 2
- Writing: It’s/Its Confusion — Video Lesson
- Confusion with "its" and "their" | Quick guide
- Writing: Subject-Verb Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Subject-verb agreement — Example
- Subject-verb agreement | Quick guide
- Writing: Noun Agreement — Video Lesson
- Writing: Noun agreement — Basic example
- Noun agreement | Quick guide
- Writing: Frequently Confused Words — Video Lesson
- Writing: Frequently confused words — Example
- Frequently confused words | Quick guide
- Writing: Conventional Expressions — Video Lesson
- Writing: Conventional expression — Example
- Conventional expressions | Quick guide
- Writing: Logical Comparison — Video Lesson
- Writing: Logical comparison — Example
- Logical comparison | Quick guide
- Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 1
- Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 2
- Writing: Commas — Video Lesson
- Commas | Quick guide
- Writing: Semicolons — Video Lesson
- Semicolons | Quick guide
- Writing: Colons — Video lesson
- Colons | Quick guide
- Writing: Possessive Pronouns — Example
- Writing: Possessive Nouns — Video Lesson
- Making nouns possessive | Quick guide
- Writing: Items in a series — Example
- Writing: Punctuating Lists — Video Lesson
- Lists and punctuation | Quick guide
- Writing: Nonrestrictive and parenthetical elements — Example
- Writing: Nonessential Elements — Video Lesson
- Nonessential elements | Quick guide
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Writing: End-of-sentence punctuation — Example 1
Watch Sal work through a basic end-of-sentence punctuation question from the SAT Writing and Language Test.
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This was the quickest video ever(55 votes)
I like it short and sweet. 21 secs of gold rather then 2 mins of silver(14 votes)
Can you make a harder end of sentence punctuation?(30 votes)
Imagine missing this on the SAT(22 votes)- "It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but
when"
why a ""?'''' cant be put at the end?(1 vote)
you can put a question mark outside of the quotations like this "? if the whole sentence is a question. For example . . . .
Did you just say, "It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when"?
But if you were just asking that question like this. . . .
She said, ""It's not a question of if my three best friends will see the new Star Wars movie, but when?"
But even this you couldn't put a question mark cause if you think about it, it's not really a question, it's telling another person what the question is, the question is when. But it's actually not a question.
Basically you put the question mark closest to what is the question whether the actual quote or the whole sentence. Hope this helps you : )(6 votes)
Would a question like this really come up on the SAT? Because it's to easy.(4 votes)
Definitely not.(1 vote)
- whats a difference between a colon and a semicolon in the separation of the clauses(2 votes)
A semicolon is used to separate two independent clauses while a colon requires the following independent clause to be either a list, description, explanation, or a quotation.(3 votes)
A question mark is added because the sentence is a question right?(1 vote)
Hey guys!
My textbook states that question marks are not needed for polite requests such as "Can you please send me the item tomorrow."
This seems very awkward to me, and I only found this rule in one other source, so I'm trying to find out if this is true or not.
Does anybody know if this is true? Can anyone please help me? I'm studying for a test, and I really need to know this as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance for any help you can give me!(1 vote)- One thing I wonder is that why didn’t he say that this is ‘WH’ so there is ‘?’ In the last.(1 vote)
- A question like this will NEVER be asked in the SAT, so what's the purpose of this video? Are there any actually useful videos on punctuation I can find here?(1 vote)
Video transcript
- [Instructor] What would
a piece of cheese say if you took its picture? Well this right over here is a question. What would a piece of cheese
say if you took its picture, which is an interesting question. So we need to put a
question mark at the end. So we need to put a
question mark at the end, and out of all these choices, the second one right over here has the question mark at the end. So, definitely go with that.