Punctuations can save lives.

Punctuation Marks
✓ Period ✓ Colon
✓ Question ✓ Semicolon
Mark ✓ Hyphen
✓ Exclamation ✓ En Dash
Mark
✓ Comma ✓Em Dash
 Terminal Punctuations
✓ Period
✓ Exclamation Mark
✓ Question Mark
 Terminal Punctuations
1. Period/Full stop (.)
She is really beautiful in person.
2. Exclamation Mark (!)
Marcus, do not play your food!
Wow! It is really nice.
3. Question Mark (?)
Do I really look good?
 Pauses:
▪ Comma
▪ Colon
▪ Semicolon
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Separate items in the list

Cecilia needs to buy eggs, biscuits,

and cakes.

Oxford Comma
Cecilia needed to buy eggs and
biscuits.
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Separate words that are not part of
the sentence
Frankly, I don’t care whether he
agrees with my decision or not.

Sentence adverbs: frankly, hopefully,

sadly, thankfully, truly
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Forms of address
Andrei, can you help me with this?
Sir, please answer this.
Hello, Erik.
Goodbye, Josephine.
Thank you for the help, sir.
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Forms of address
Thank you John.
Thank you, John, Marsha, and Luigi.
Thank you, John and Luigi.
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Formal letters and emails
Salutation (greeting)
Dear Joan Dear Marcus

British: Dear Joan, Dear Marcus,

American: Dear Joan: Dear Marcus:

 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Formal letters and emails
Closing
Yours faithfully,
Yours sincerely,
Yours truly, (less formal)
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)
Separate linking words: however,
therefore, for example, in fact, etc.

Joseph wanted to buy the book.

However, he did not have enough money.

This is a great book. In fact, it is

my favourite.
 Pauses
1. Comma (,)

Joseph wanted to buy the book. He,

however, did not have enough money.

This is a great book. It is, in fact,

my favourite.
1. Comma (,)
Clauses
We went to the market last weekend.
Independent clause = complete sentence
When he ate the food
Dependent + Independent = complete sentence
When he ate the food, he got thirsty.
DC (With Comma)+IC
He got thirsty when he ate the food.
IC+(No comma needed) DC
 Semicolon (;)
Use to combine closely related
sentences
I thought the movie was amazing.
Joana thought it was terrible.
I thought the movie was amazing, but
Joana thought it was terrible.
I thought the movie was amazing; Joana
thought it was terrible.
 Semicolon (;)
Use to combine closely related sentences
Conjunctive adverbs: However, therefore,
in fact, of course, for example, etc.

Joseph wanted to buy the book. However,

he did not have enough money.
Joseph wanted to buy the book; however,
he did not have enough money.
 Colon (:)
It introduces lists, series, quotations,
and explanations.

We covered many of the fundamentals in our

writing class: grammar,punctuation,
style, and voice.
My roommate gave me the things I needed
most: companionship and brotherhood.
 Hyphen [-]
EnDash [–]
Alt+0150
EmDash[—]
Alt+0151
Hyphen [-]
✓The shortest of the three
✓Separates digits 0909-088-8241
✓Create compound words/compound
adjectives
We have to tell people that
this is an accident-prone area.
 En Dash [ - ]
•Longer than a hyphen, but shorter
than an em dash
•Replaces the word “to” and
“through” in ranges
You can find this topic in chapters
7–10 of your textbook.
 En Dash [ – ]
•Longer than a hyphen, but shorter
than an em dash
•Replaces the word “to” and
“through” in ranges
We will have a trip on September
14–18, 2021.
EmDash [ — ]
•The longest of the three
•An additional information
•Meant to add or emphasize something
Jimmy has been in the business
for a long time — more than
15 years.
 EmDash (—)
•The longest of the three
•An additional information
•Meant to add or emphasize something
A common mistake people make
— especially those who are older —
is calling everyone a millennial.