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Title: Punctuation
Description: This is a full in-depth essay on the importance of punctuation and the function each punctuation plays in writing and communication. This note can be used by students at the secondary and tertiary level.
Description: This is a full in-depth essay on the importance of punctuation and the function each punctuation plays in writing and communication. This note can be used by students at the secondary and tertiary level.
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Edgar Allen Poe [1809- 1849], --world’s renowned author, poet, editor and literacy
critic—once said that “The writer who neglects punctuation, or mispunctuates, is liable to be
misunderstood
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The introduction of
printing made it difficult for authors to dispel ambiguity, hence the need for punctuation to create
clarity and to structure writings
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Punctuations may be used to indicate the end of a
sentence, separate clauses or phrases, begin a list, quote or indicate a title, indicate additional
information or show alternatives
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The period indicates the end of a sentence which
includes: statements, commands and indirect questions
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The period is also used in abbreviations; abbreviations show that it is a shortened form of a
word
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Question
marks are not only used to indicate a direct question but ends interrogative sentences
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In order to indicate strong feelings an exclamation mark may be used at the end
of an emphatic declaration, interjection, or command
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It can be inserted within parentheses to emphasize a word
within a sentence
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Additionally, punctuation marks such as commas and semi-colons are used to separate
phrases, clauses and items
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The
presence or absence of a comma can change the meaning of the entire sentence
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It separates two independent
clauses that are joined by a coordinating conjunction
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In order to set off
introductory phrases from the rest of the sentence, parenthetical elements (additional
information), expressions that interrupt the flow of the sentence and nonessential words, clauses,
and phrases a comma is used
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Semi-colons are characterized as super commas as it is stronger than a
comma but weaker than a period
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Furthermore, punctuation marks may be used to introduce list and extra information
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It can also be used to emphasize a phrase or single word at the
end of a sentence; causing readers to pay closer attention to what is coming next
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Secondly, parenthesis, brackets and em dashes are used to indicate additional information
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Similarly, brackets adds extra
information in a text, but is typically used to explain or clarify the original text
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An em dash has the ability to replace colons or serve as harder
versions of commas in order to create emphasis
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Moreover, there are many more punctuations that provide us with various functions: the
hyphen, slash, apostrophe and quotation mark
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The
slash is a modern convention in gender- neutral writings
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It is sometimes used to represent a conflict or connection between two
things
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Lastly, quotation
marks are used to set off the titles of things that do not normally stand by themselves: short
stories, poems, and articles
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Altogether, punctuations may be used to indicate the end of a sentence, separate clauses
or phrases, begin a list, quote or indicate a title, and indicate additional information or show
alternatives
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They help the reader understand what the writer
mean’s and prevent confusion
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Hegde, Vijayalaxmi
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23 September
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“The Importance of Punctuation”
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2009, The Word
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thewritecorner
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Title: Punctuation
Description: This is a full in-depth essay on the importance of punctuation and the function each punctuation plays in writing and communication. This note can be used by students at the secondary and tertiary level.
Description: This is a full in-depth essay on the importance of punctuation and the function each punctuation plays in writing and communication. This note can be used by students at the secondary and tertiary level.