The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes Tenth Edition Jane Straus JOSSEY-BASSChapter 3 Punctuation Spacing with Punctuation Periods ule With typewniter or word processor, you sometimes use ene {pac or two spe following punctuation With computer, use only ene apace follwing periods, munas, enicolne, colon, exisation pins, question marks, and quotation marke With computer, the space needed ster thee pactution mas i proportioned stoma. Bule2 Use no spaces on either ide ofa hyphen. (or more rules about Iyphers, see page 8). Example Weborred enty thre shes of paper. Note Re Uses period atthe end of complete sentence hat ia statement Example that you wold never bak my rt tential Rule 2.1 the lat word inthe sentence ends in peso, do no follow it with another period Example: ithe MD. She is my itera Pes hp, coke.Nunction 5B [ale 3, Use a peiod ster an indirect question ‘Boample He ase here hie we. is Marks ‘Us elipes marks when omitng a word, phrase, line paragraph or more ‘oom a quoted pasage be azonstal et rps Caan he peragonce. The Three-dot Method There are many methods for using elipees. The thre-dot method isthe simplest and is appropriate fer most general works and many scholarly tones, The thee of four dt method and an even more rgoroue method ed in egal works require fller explanation that can be found in other reference books Example: Original sentence The regulon tats, “A agencies mus ment etme ok sn ede fs" Rewrten using elipes: The regulation sts, “Al genie ma decane trina eh te hr meth youmay lene et puntstin sch a cama tht ‘Example Original sentence fom Lincoln's Getyburg Address “Four cre an ven yeas 00 ou tiers rough forth spon this continent new ato, concede Uber and edited otc proposition tat all men are retell Rewrten uring eps” Four score and seven yur 450 urfater ought forth ane nation, concn ie erty." [ale 2 When you omit one or more paragraphs within long qsotton, te lps marks afer he las punctsaton mark that ends the preceding poragraph