Description: If you think the semicolon is a small organ situated between your small and large intestines, you definitely need this tape! Those little dots and slashes and marks seem simple enough, but they're insidious little creatures! The English language is filled with tricky and obscure rules of punctuation. This tape will explain these rules and improve your writing skills.
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I show this to my freshman composition I classes nearly every semester, and I hear a lot of groans. They beg me not to play another one. I think some of that is "we're too cool for this" attitude, plus there is a volume 2! This video does what no video I'm aware of has ever attempted - to explain how English punctuation works. It's not an exciting subject; it's not even something most people ever think about, but the Standard Deviants have managed to make punctuation relatively entertaining. Yes, their humor is silly, even dorky; I assume these programs were made for high school students. ... Read More