Understanding Punctuation!!!!!!
Punctuation is punctuation. English punctuation (punctuation in English) is the most commonly used include: full stop (period), comma (the comma), ellipsis (three dots), colon (colon), semicolon (semicolon), question mark (mark asked), exclamation mark (exclamation point), quotation marks (quotation marks), hyphen (hyphen), slash (forward slash), and parentheses (brackets).
* Semicolon (;)
Punctuation is used to connect two independent clauses are highly related to one sentence.
Example : – It’s mine; it’s not yours
– She is beautiful; she is lazy
* Colon (:)
Colon is useful to separate the general statement (general statement) with the following specifics (details).
Example : * To make the delicious meatball, we need food ingredients as follow: meat, flour, water, garlic, salt, and pepper.
*My Daddy read many books:megazines,newspapers,letters, and novels.
*). Question mark (?)
Punctuation is used to terminate a direct question, and question tags.
Example : * You’re not a liar, right?
* What is your name?
* How much money did you transfer?
* Did you send euro or dollars?
*). Exlamation mark (!)
Exlamation mark serves to end exclamatory sentence (sentence exclamation).
Example : * Close the window!!!
*She shouted at him, “Go away! I hate you!”
*).Quatation mark (”)
*Punctuation serves to show the quote, writing and speech of others.
Example : * “It was not me!” Ferdi screamed.
*I love “Design”; however, my favorite poem was written by Emily Dickinson.
*). Hyphen (-)
Punctuation is used to form the whole meaning of the compound word (plural; example: compound noun).
Example : * hand-in–hand, self–exteem, grand–aunt
* well-known brands of coffee
* an up-to-date account
*). Parentheses ()
Punctuation serves to add material that may be additional information and comments from the author.
Example : * That bag is (too!) expensive for a high school student.
* We need an English teacher who can (1)speak English fluently, (2)teach well,and (3)handle the students.
Finally finished my job too!!!
It’s time to rest, because tomorrow should go to college ..
God bless us all:–D
hand-in-hand, self-exteem, grand-aunt
hand-in-hand, self-exteem, grand-aunt
“It wasn’t me!” Ferdi screamed.