Mechanics of Writing 1 – Punctuation
- Ngechent
- Jan 5, 2021
- 2 min read
Mechanics of Writing 1 Punctuation Marks
Sub Topics:
Punctuation
Full stop or period
Question mark
Exclamation mark
Comma
The Semicolon
Eclipses
With the dawn of the Internet, the birth of Internet slang, and the growing age of SMS, many individuals are forgetting the fundamental aspects of English punctuation or Punctuation marks. You use punctuation marks to structure and organize your writing. In the speech, we have a variety of devices for clarifying our meaning: stress, intonation, rhythm, pauses, and hand or body movements. In text, we have only the words and the punctuation; and poor punctuation enables the same words to have different or unclear meanings. Thus, Punctuation is, in part, an attempt to capture in writing the emphasis we are able to deliver orally. Additionally, punctuation is a tool we use to organize word arrangements to facilitate readability. There are clear rules for the use of punctuation marks and they are not difficult to learn and apply. The most used common punctuation marks are the Full stop or period, Question mark, Exclamation mark, Comma, Semicolon, eclipses, e.t.c.
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