Mais conteúdo relacionado Semelhante a Professional Sentence Patterns for Police Officers: Part II (20) Mais de Jean Reynolds (20) Professional Sentence Patterns for Police Officers: Part II7. And there’s one more thing. Don’t use a
capital letter after a semicolon...unless the
word or name needs a capital letter.
8. Here are more examples.
Are you see starting to see how
semicolons work?
10. Remember: You can almost always
change a period to a semicolon.
(Be sure to decide whether or not you
need a capital letter.)
11. You can write more elaborate sentences with
words like however and therefore. Use a
period or a semicolon—it’s your choice.
12. Here are more examples. (Notice that
“I’m” requires a capital “I.”)
14. And here’s something you
probably didn’t hear in
school: There’s no special
rule for when to use a
semicolon.
You can almost always
choose either a period or
a semicolon.
Either is correct.
16. An “interrupter” is something that interrupts a
sentence.
Read this sentence aloud. Can you hear the
interrupter?
20. Now let’s look at punctuation. (It’s
easy!) An interrupter needs two
commas—one to lower your voice, and
one to raise it.
22. Here are some interrupters with “who”
and “which.” (Notice there are two
commas.)
23. But if the interrupter is placed at the end of
a sentence, use just one comma. (The period
will bring your voice back up.)
25. Now you know two
advanced sentence
patterns. Practice
them often, and
incorporate them
into your writing.
They are powerful
professional tools.
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sentence patterns at
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