PUNCTUATIONS

today i am going to share with you uses of PUNCTUATIONS

 

PUNCTUATIONS

Periods 1. End sentences

2. Abbreviations M.B.B.S

3. Outlines

Question Marks

Question marks end all direct questions.

Exclamation point

Exclamation point is used at the end of a sentence or after an interjection to show strong emotion or emphasis.

Semicolons and Colons

Semicolons and colons were originally used to designate pauses shorter than a period and longer than a comma.

Quotation Marks

Quotation marks normally come in pairs to set off a portion of text for a variety of purposes.

When a person or work is quoted directly and word for word, the quotation is placed in quotation marks.

Underlining and Italicizing

Underlining words and Italicizing words in standard written English mean the same thing.

 

Longer written works include:

books, full-length plays, films,

longer musical compositions,

periodicals.

Dashes and Parentheses

Dashes and Parentheses are both used to show an interruption in thought or some kind of aside.

Parentheses with Certain Numbers or Letters

 

Parentheses are used around numbers showing dates:

  (usually dates of birth and/or death),

inserted figures,

  numbers or letters