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Punctuate Your Writing.
Punctuate Your Writing.
Semicolon
You always need a verb in the second clause
Something that could stand alone as a sentence
But is related to the first part
Introduce an independent clause
Period
Periods are also used to indicate that a word has been abbreviated
Sentences always end with a period
Colon
To introduce a list of items, or to give a summary
The research team studied a number of different breeds: shorthaired, longhaired and exotic.
Oxford comma
You have two things already connected by “and”
Mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and shellfish, and birds.
Sentence string is very long
Use when:
Comma
Replace “and” when you have a string of items
Dogs, cats, snakes, birds and fish.
Represents a pause in the flow of words
It is separated into subject, verb, complement
My uncle Harry, who was a colonel in the army, made the best martinis I’ve ever tasted.
Use to:
Apostrophe
Can’t shows that the “no” of cannot has been removed.
To indicate that the 19 part has been removed
For contractions and possessives, never for plurals.
You can’t write “the 1990’s” but you can write “the ’90s”
Example
Use:
