PUNCTUATION

PUNCTUATION

BY AATHIRA

Punctuation is one of the most important tools for making paper speak in your own voice.
In writing we use punctuation marks to emphasize, clarify what we mean.
 Meanwhile ,in speaking, we can make a pause , stop ,change our tone of voice.
 To indicate the end of a declarative sentence punctuation is very necessary.

FULL
STOP

COMMA

Hyphens

Inverted commas COLON

Questi on mark

SEMI
COLON

Apostrophe

Exclamatio n mark

FULL STOP
The full stop is the most important punctuation mark. Its omission , when its use is undeniably required,
 Will confuse the reader
 Ideas will be mixed up and
 The meaning intended by the writer will not be probably communicated to the reader.

COMMA
A comma is a punctuation mark that indicates a pause is needed in a sentence.
 It separates the structural elements of sentences into manageable segments.
 Commas are both an aid to sense and to ease of reading.
 They are something used in long sentences to break up words into sections where the sense allows a pause to be taken. It is better underuse them than to overuse them.
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SEMI COLON
The semicolon marks off one part of sentence from another much more sharply than a comma
 It is particularly useful to divide a long sentence into self-contained section.
 It is used to introduce a sharp contrast between complete statements which are closely related.
 For example:
He knew what he should do ; yet he couldn’t do it.
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COLON
The colon is used :
 To introduce a list which follows immediately
Example: He studied the use of the following punctuation marks : full stops , semicolon, colons , question mark etc.
 To introduce examples which illustrate or expand an idea and which follow immediately. He counted his treasures: gold , silver, diamonds, and books.
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To divide two sharply contrasting statements.
Speech is silver : silence is golden.
The river ran downhill : he made his way slowly up the path.
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QUESTION MARK
The question mark had its