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Chapter 16

Other Punctuation. Chapter 16. Level 1: Uses. Periods Punctuate Statements, Commands, and Indirect Questions While you were gone a women came in and asked for you (indirect question). Emma drove all the way across the United States. Punctuate Polite Requests

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Chapter 16

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  1. Other Punctuation Chapter 16

  2. Level 1: Uses • Periods • Punctuate Statements, Commands, and Indirect Questions • While you were gone a women came in and asked for you (indirect question). • Emma drove all the way across the United States. • Punctuate Polite Requests • Could you please turn your cell phone off during class. • If you comfortable with polite requests, make the sentence into a statement.

  3. Punctuate Abbreviations • Use a period after shortened versions of the words. • Exceptions: mph, wpm, mm, and kg, AA, BS, MBA, PhD, EdD • Use capital letters without periods or internal spaces for the abbreviations • Geographic Abbreviations-Capitalize if no periods • Punctuate Numerals • $13.92 • 67.9 • Spacing After Periods • Two spaces after periods, one space is also excepted

  4. Question Mark • Punctuate Direct Questions • What can we do to increase our sales revenue? • Punctuate Questions Added to Statements • Usually added at the end • Fairy tales always end happy, don't they? • Indicate Doubt • A question mark within parentheses may be used to indicate a degree of doubt • Each application should be accompanied by two (?) letters of recommendation. Exclamation Marks • Express Strong Emotion

  5. Whoa! That was amazing! • Do not use exclamation marks after mild interjections (oh, well, etc.)

  6. Level 2: Uses of Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses • Hyphens • Form Compound Words • Cross-examine • Full-time • Form Words With Prefixes • Self, ex, or quasi • Ex-girlfriend • Self-esteem • Mother-in-law • Do not hyphenate most words that begin with prefixes on page 346

  7. Form Compound Numbers • Eight-six • Twenty-two • Divide a Word Over Two Lines • Jill and Jack hope that the brand new super- intendent will be good for the school. Dashes • Longer and are used for emphasis • Set off Parenthetical Elements and Appositives • Sources of raw materials—farming, mining, and forestry—are all dependent on energy. • Indicate an Interruption or Afterthought • We will refund your money—no questions asked—if you are not completely satisfied.

  8. Set Off a Summarizing Statement • Flexibility, initiative, intelligence—these are the qualities we seek in all employees. • Attribute a Quotation • “Never, never, never, never give up.”--Winston Churchill Parentheses • Set Off Nonessential Sentence Elements • In example two (which is on page 23), you can see the virus slide clearly. • Our hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) will be extended over Christmas. • Show Numerals and Enclose Enumerated Items • Your contract will end in sixty (60) days.

  9. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) • Punctuating Around Parentheses • Can use question marks or exclamation marks in parentheses • Commas, semicolons, and colons are outside of parentheses • Periods can be in parentheses outside of the sentence • We went to Argo (have you seen it?), and it was amazing. (See the newspaper for the times.)

  10. Level 3: Uses for Quotation Marks, Italics, Brackets, and Apostrophes • Quotation Marks • Enclose Direct Quotations • “I like to work on Saturdays,” she said. • Only capitalize first word in quote, even if split (unless Proper noun) • Single quotation marks are used to enclose a quote in a quote. • “I really liked that Martin Luther King Jr. said 'I have a dream...' ”

  11. Enclose Short Expressions • Slang, words uses in a special sense such as humor or irony • You deserve “props” for coming up with this great idea. • Also used to enclose definitions. • Enclose Titles • In the episode of The Office titled, “Diversity Day,” the boss, played by Steve Carell, managed to offend everyone. • Punctuating Around Quotation Marks • Periods and commas are always inside of the quotations. • Semicolons and colons are on the outside

  12. Question marks and exclamation marks can be outside or inside, determined by the form of the quotation. • Is the quotation a question? OR Is the whole sentence a question? Italics • Titles, Books, Magazines, Pamphlets, Newspapers, Movies, TV shows, etc. • On the Colbert Report on Tuesday, they did a live show. Brackets • Used in brackets to insert remarks that authors want in a quote. • “is equal to 6,080 feet [1,853,184 meters].”

  13. Apostrophes • Form Noun Possessives • Ann's • Companies' • Form Contractions • Doesn't (does not) • Won't (will not) • It's (it is) • Take the Place of Omitted Letters of Figures • Dunkin' • '90s • Serve as the Symbol for feet (measurement-13')

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