How to improve your punctuation - Summary
Summary
Hopefully, you're now just a bit more confident about using some of the most common punctuation marks. There's no mystery to good punctuation; it simply takes practice and common sense. There aren't even many 'hard and fast' rules - punctuation marks should just be used to make meanings clearer and writing easier to read.
Look over some writing you've done recently, and see if your new-found punctuation skills can make this work better.
now that you've finished this topic you will be able to...
- use commas to separate items in lists
- use commas to separate adjectives describing the same noun
- use commas to separate opening clauses
- use commas before conjunctions
- use commas to separate dependent clauses or phrases
- use apostrophes to form contractions
- use apostrophes to show possession
- use semicolons to join independent clauses
- use semicolons to separate items in complex lists
- use colons to introduce lists, explanations, summaries and definitions
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