NCO Primary Leadership Subjects
Lesson 2 Summary, Continued
Purpose of
continued
Use...
To punctuate sentences with...
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a comment not part of the original 2-37
brackets
quotation.
explanations, omissions, or editorial 2-37
comments.
a
parenthetical
element
within a 2-37
parenthetical element.
hyphens
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words used as unit modifiers before a noun.
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with prefixes ex-, self-, and suffix -elect.
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words divided at the end of a line of writing.
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compound numerals.
words with prefixes and a number
words with prefixes and a proper noun
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the parts of fractions.
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possessive singular and plural nouns.
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possessive compound words, names of
business firms,
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and words showing joint possession
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plurals of numbers, letters, and certain
symbols.
contractions where letters are omitted.
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the omission part of a date (73).
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Writing Mechanics and Composition
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