Punctuation
Punctuation is crucial to aid the smooth reading of texts and is a powerful tool in shaping meaning more clearly. The absence and/or misuse of punctuation can lead to ambiguity and a misunderstanding of key ideas. Simple punctuation include:
Capital letters | first letter of a sentence, a proper noun, or a proper adjective. |
Full stops | punctuation marker used to indicate the end of a sentence that is a statement or command. |
Exclamation marks | punctuation marker used at the end of a sentence to emphasise the emotion, humour, or feeling that is contained in the sentence. Exclamation marks are always used at the end of sentences containing a command – Go! |
Question marks | punctuation marker used at the end of a sentence to indicate that a question is asked. Used to end sentences. |
Commas | simple punctuation marker used to indicate the grammatical organisation of sentences. Commas are used in sentences:
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