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Poe Skills and Explanations
Day 1
Unclear Antecedent
An antecedent is the noun to which a pronoun refers. If the antecedent is uncleardifficult to decide the noun to which the pronoun refers-correct the pronoun by
using a specific noun in its place. If the pronouns you and they are used, make
sure that there is actually an antecedent identifiable in the passage.
Punctuation of Dates
In a date, a comma comes between the day and year.
Correct Spelling of Homophones
Died is the past tense of die while dyed is the past tense of dye.
Day 2
Possession of Nouns
Nouns take either an 's or an s' to show possession.
Punctuating titles
Put quotations marks around the titles of essays, short stories, poems, one-act plays,
songs, newspaper articles and magazine articles.
Underline or italicize the titles of book-length works, book-length poems, full-length
plays, album or CD titles, titles of movies and names of newspapers and magazines.
Restrictive Clause
These contain information that is critical to the meaning of a sentence. If you
leave them out, the meaning of a sentence changes or could get lost altogether.
They are not set off from the rest of the sentence by commas.
Day 3
Capitalization of Proper Nouns
Proper nouns name specific people, places and things and are capitalized. If a
noun is general, it is not a proper noun and is not capitalized.
Double Comparison
Do not use more with words that end in -er or most with words that end in
-est. These suffixes already bring the meaning of more and most to the
comparison.
Most as Singular
Most is a singular noun, not a plural noun, and takes a singular verb.
Day 4
Run-on Sentence: Comma Splice
Run-on sentences happen when there are two independent clauses not separated
by any form of punctuation at all or by an incorrect form such as a comma by
itself. Comma splices are a type of run-on sentence that happens when there are
two independent clauses separated only by a comma. The error can be corrected
by adding a conjunction after the comma, a period, a semicolon, or a colon to
separate the two sentences.
Commas in Addresses
When writing an address, a comma comes between the city and state or city and
country.
Names of Places--Spell Out
Do not abbreviate place names in formal writing--spell them out.
Day 5
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative adjectives are adjectives that indicate specific nouns (that, this,
these, those). Do not put the words there or here after a demonstrative adjective
in formal writing.
Where with At
Do not use the preposition at with the word where since where already includes
the concept shown by at.
Absolute Adjectives: Favorite
Absolute adjectives are adjectives are already in the superlative form and cannot
take most or est. Favorite is already superlative and thus does not take most.