ring warren 39 Punctuation Accurate punctuation and se af apt elp the reader to ‘underszand exactly what the writer meant. While some aspects of punctuation, sch st the use of commas, can bea matter of indivi syle, correct punetuation in areas suchas quotation is important. 1 Capitals ei to give psn ules about the we of apt letersi modern Engl. Howes, they auld be tied n he flowing exes: {) These word ina sentence (6) Names of orpanistions (e) Daysand nome (8) Nationality word (6) Nae of people places (©) Book les (sin words ony) i ging. Shi atom Cries Pridey 2 Jay ‘rom andthe French Dr Martin Turner from Ebinurgh Prtctionion and Indi Dailne208, Parts Accuracy in writing 2 Apostrophes (”) ‘ Aposople te one ofthe most mised fetus of Engh punctuation. ‘They are mainly ted in 0 vations (a) To show comactons gs He's the leading authority IND. Contractions ae got common a demic Engh (6) With posesives The professors secretary (singutar) ‘Studants' mates (plural! 3 Semi-colons ( ; ) Semi-colons are used to show the link besween two connected phat, ‘when comma woud be too weak and fl sop too strong. ‘Twenty people wera interviewed forthe first study tity tree for the socond, | Sem-cooas ate also used to cide up ters in st whe they have 2 complex suet, in mull cation {Meitiand, 2006; Rosenor, 1887; The Economist 20086; University of Michigan, 2000). | NB. Semi-olons are quite rein many yes of wrt 4 Colons (:) Colon are wed gs (0) To tatradace exlamtions | ‘The meeting was postponed: the Dean wail 7 207 (b) Te ™ (ot 5Q (9 sin207 3.0 Pancuaion (0) Tosca ie “Thro aspecs wore inte: fran oi ond ( To nme» quotion ‘sth Duchess of Windsor x: "You ean nave be to eh or oni 8 Quotation marks /inverted commas (“"/*) (0) Sng guoton mak ae wed eae» wo & Tho word acon was is eed inthe sventeanth ent. o> gv quomsion om ater wee Goodie’ (19771 analysis of habit inzates that, in general, t ‘wll be more dificult ta raveree rend than to accentuato it te show ter specs “Can anyone find the answer? asked the lcturer [NB, Longer quotations are arly indeaed (ie, havea wider margin) fora atin sale pe (b) Double quotation mus are wee show quotsons inne quotations (ered quotions} ‘As Kautiman romarked: “is concap of Yintrnal space" requires close analysis.” (e) ln references, quotation marks ae sed fo the names of ales and capers but book or jena es normal se tabs Rusall T. (1995) 'A future for cafes? Journal of Applied Marketing 8, 14-17.208 art's Acsurnsy in writing 6 Others Hyphens,-, are used wih cain word and structures wall engineeredico-operativathree year-old clamation mart, and question mats, ? ‘Well! he shouted, Who would belive it” Brackets or parentheses, ( ), cn be usd wo ve aoa! dea Employes attudes donot aac ther dimensions of customer satisfaction pres and quality), 7 Practice exercise: Punctuation 1 Punctuate the folowing sentences. (2) the study was caried out by christine zhen-wi gang ofthe world bank (©) professor rowens new book the triumph of capitalism Is published in naw yark (6) askoynes said its beter tobe roughly right than rec wrong (6) throe dopariments law business and economics have had thee Tunding ext (0) as cammact 1994 point ou Itin amaria Phonomenon democracy without etizens creating new (f) thousends of new words such language each yoar 1 enter the english (a) n.2005 frances er capita gdp was 79 percent of americas {hy she scored 88 per cent onthe main course the previous semester she had achieved 67 percent 8 Pra a Pw byar in bot uderising 209 39 Punctuation 8 Practice exercise: Punctuation Bh Ponctat te flowin tet. the london schoo! of business offering three new courses this year economies with psychology introduction to management and ecommerce the frst is aught by jennifer hilary and runs ror actober to January the second inroduation ta management for mec finance students Is otfored inthe second semester andi assessed by ‘coursework only profestor wange course in ecommerce runs in both th autumn andl tho spring and is for more exp noe students