Making sure that your punctuation is right in your paper is very important. If punctuation is not right then your paper is not very good. It helps many people to go through their paper and reread what they wrote to make sure that they have everything in order. Also they are having punctuation right as well. Teacher can take off many points if many things are wrong like punctuation, spelling, grammar and so on. While reading through your paper make sure that you don’t have any run-on sentences if you do. Try to figure out how you can change it or rewrite the sentences. Some of the main problems people have with punctuation are Apostrophes for Plurals, Comma Splices, Quotation Marks, Multiple Punctuation Marks, Punctuation Outside of Quotation Marks, and Missing Comma After Introductory Elements. These punctuation marks can really help some people with their paper. Not many think about how punctuation helps with their paper.
First Apostrophe for Plurals- apostrophe is used to form contractions and indicate possession, but never to form plurals.
Second Comma Splice- the comma is used to separate independent clauses, there must be a conjunction connecting them.
Third Quotation Marks- is mainly used to quote speech, sentences or words. Sometimes they can be used to denote irony.
Fourth Multiple Punctuation Marks- limit yourself to one exclamation point. Exclamation points are not used that frequently in business and formal writing.
Fifth Punctuation Outside of the Quotation Marks- punctuation should go inside the quotation marks, even if it is not part of the quotation itself.
Sixth Missing Comma After Introductory Elements- don’t forget to place a comma after that introductory element. Notice that an introductory element can be a sentence or a single word.
Making sure that all these are in place in your paper should really help you out on your paper!
By: Brianne Minard
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