Puctuation
Punctuation
marks, such as comma, periods, and quotation marks, help readers interpret
sentences. They determine how a sentence should be read and understood. Like most
languages, English has certain rules of punctuation. The guidelines below will
help you master some of the most important ones.
Period
·
Use a period at the end of a statement:
Argentina’s
economy is a mix of agriculture and industry.
·
Use period with most abbreviations:
Mr.
Mrs.
A.M.
P.M.
Question Mark
·
Use a question mark at the end of a question:
Who is going to drive me to the airport?
Comma
·
Use comma to seperate words or pharase in a
series:
The sea around Antarctica is home to dolphins,
porpoises, whales, seals, and other sea creatures.
·
Use comma between the day of the month and the
year:
August 12, 2014
Colon
·
Use a colon to introduce a series:
The museum offers daily tours of the following collections:
American, Asian, Classical, and European.
·
Use a colon to separate hours from minutes:
3:15
6:45
Quatation Marks
·
Use quatation marks to enclose a direct quote:
Juli said, “I have already finished my homework”.
Capitalization
The following
rules summarize the main uses of capitalization in English. If you are not sure
when to capitalize a word, you should use your dictionary as a reference.
·
Capitalize the first word of a sentence:
Fishing is an impotant industry in Peru.
·
Capitalize names. Capitalize a title that
precedes a name:
Dr. Lourie
Prefessor Cantor