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CORE121

PERFORMANCE
TASK 8

Mechanics Orthography

Definition

Mechanics involves spelling, Orthography focuses on the


spacing, the use of study of the writing system
punctuation marks, the use of a language. An
of numbers as words and orthographer determines
figures, indention or how words are to be
indentation, capitalization, spelled, when they are to
and abbreviation. be spelled in full or not,
what punctuation marks are
to be used, whether
compounds are to be
hyphenated, spaced, or
not, and so on.

Examples

Period (.) imagine + -nation = imagination


Comma (,) dis + -please = displease
Colon (:) pave + -ment = pavement
Semi Colon (;) like + -ness = likeness
Dash (-) place + -ment = placement
Questions (?) in + -active = inactive
love + -ly = lovely

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