{"id":303,"date":"2017-04-07T00:53:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T00:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=303"},"modified":"2017-06-26T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T13:20:33","slug":"punctuation-concerns","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-english1\/chapter\/punctuation-concerns\/","title":{"raw":"Punctuation Concerns","rendered":"Punctuation Concerns"},"content":{"raw":"The following videos offer guidance for some of the most common punctuation issues seen in college-level student writing.\r\n<h2>Apostrophes<\/h2>\r\nCorrect apostrophe usage is part punctuation, part spelling. The following short videos walk through 3 of the most common sets of apostrophe \"trouble words.\" If you\u00a0aren't always clear which one goes where, these will serve as handy guides.\r\n<h3>Its &amp;\u00a0It's<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/sq6JkXk4kDg\r\n<h3>There, Their, &amp; They're<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/m-RC-Zf89jo\r\n<h3>Your &amp; You're<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/yPlpE0ZO3NI\r\n\r\nIf you suspect you have issues with any of these words, try using the \"Find\" option on your word processing program. Search out each word, and use the tests in these videos to assess whether you've used the correct form in the correct way.\r\n<h2>Semicolons and Colons<\/h2>\r\nThese two pieces of punctuation often get mixed up.\u00a0Make sure they're used correctly\u00a0in your essay.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/WMKufGCs1Ec\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/I12qwxQn5_s\r\n\r\nAgain, the \"Find\" option in your word processing program (or web browser) to locate semicolons and colons. Do you have a full sentence before each colon? Do you have a full sentence both before and after each semicolon? If so, great. If not, time to revise.","rendered":"<p>The following videos offer guidance for some of the most common punctuation issues seen in college-level student writing.<\/p>\n<h2>Apostrophes<\/h2>\n<p>Correct apostrophe usage is part punctuation, part spelling. The following short videos walk through 3 of the most common sets of apostrophe &#8220;trouble words.&#8221; If you\u00a0aren&#8217;t always clear which one goes where, these will serve as handy guides.<\/p>\n<h3>Its &amp;\u00a0It&#8217;s<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Writing Felonies: its and it&#39;s\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sq6JkXk4kDg?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>There, Their, &amp; They&#8217;re<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-2\" title=\"Writing Felonies: There, Their, They&#39;re\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m-RC-Zf89jo?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Your &amp; You&#8217;re<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-3\" title=\"Writing Felonies: Your and You&#39;re\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yPlpE0ZO3NI?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you suspect you have issues with any of these words, try using the &#8220;Find&#8221; option on your word processing program. Search out each word, and use the tests in these videos to assess whether you&#8217;ve used the correct form in the correct way.<\/p>\n<h2>Semicolons and Colons<\/h2>\n<p>These two pieces of punctuation often get mixed up.\u00a0Make sure they&#8217;re used correctly\u00a0in your essay.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-4\" title=\"Semicolons by Shmoop\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMKufGCs1Ec?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-5\" title=\"Colons by Shmoop\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I12qwxQn5_s?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Again, the &#8220;Find&#8221; option in your word processing program (or web browser) to locate semicolons and colons. Do you have a full sentence before each colon? Do you have a full sentence both before and after each semicolon? If so, great. If not, time to revise.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-303\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Video: Punctuation Concerns. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Writing Felonies: its and it&#039;s . <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Kevin Brookhouser. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/sq6JkXk4kDg\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/sq6JkXk4kDg<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights 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