Slashes
Slashes
Slashes
Play the quick video lesson HERE and click the upper left back arrow to return to this lesson.
Common Core Language Standard 2
English has a variety of punctuation marks which may be used for the same function. For example, brackets and parentheses can be used interchangeably. We can use parentheses, dashes, or commas to set off appositives to identify, define, or explain a preceding noun or pronoun. However, slashes have their own special function, though they are often misused and abused. With informal writing, such as texts and notes, misusing punctuation is no real problem, but in formal writing, such as essays, research papers, and business letters, proper punctuation is important.
Now let’s read the grammar and usage lesson and study the examples.
In informal writing, use a slash to separate dates, abbreviate, or to mean or. Examples: The dinner is scheduled on 3/11/2013 as a b/w (black or white tie) event for him/her.
Now circle or highlight what is right and revise what is wrong according to mechanics lesson.
Practice: You could give the present to either him-her and (or) the letter any day after 11/24.
Let’s check the Practice Answers.
Mechanics Practice Answers: You could give the present to either him/her and/or the letter any day after 11/24.
Now let’s apply what we have learned.
Writing Application: Write your own sentence using slashes.
This writing opener is part of a comprehensive language conventions lesson from the Grammar, Mechanics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Grades 4‒8 programs.
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