Why do we need commas, apostrophes, hyphens, quotation marks, and parentheses? Since we can't use or voice to write our expression, you have to use punctuation. Commas have an important purpose in writing. Without commas, readers would be unable to understand the writer's ideas accurately. It also avoids confusion, commas help as signals that give an understanding of sentences. If words are listed in a line, it needs commas. Example: He drew a picture with a pen holder, light bulb, deck lamp, and table. It would also be bad if you were writing and said: " Let's eat Grandma!" It wouldn't be so worrisome if a single comma is added... "Let's eat, Grandma!" On each side of the phrase "Let's eat, Grandma" is called quotation marks. Quotation marks are used to indicate …show more content…
They aren't just for summarizing or paraphrasing, they can be used to quote exactly what someone said. Telling a what a person said but not using the specific words is called indirect quotation, you do not need use quotation marks. Example: Beth said she was going to church, instead, Beth said, " I'm going to church." Parentheses are a pair of brackets ( ) used to mark off a phrase. Example: He gave me a bonus ($500). The use of parentheses indicates that the writer viewed the information less important or the afterthought. Every time you use parentheses (always used in pairs) allow a writer to provide additional information. Just read your sentence without the parenthetical content. If it makes sense, the parentheses are acceptable; if it doesn’t, the punctuation must be reconstructed. Example: Correct: The president (and his assistant) traveled by private jet. Incorrect: The president (and his assistant) were expected to arrive by 10:00 a.m. On the first use of an abbreviation or acronym that might not be understood by your readers, the full term can be provided in
“see” as it is in italics. I think the reason the writer did this was
Poems are unique in that there are no set rules for how they are formatted (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). Poems may rhyme, or not. They can be presented in a narrative or lyrical format. The use of proper punctuation can be omitted such as periods, commas, or question marks (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). The use of punctuation or lack there of, brings into play the use of enjambment, which is another term for what is commonly known in poetry as run-on lines (Kirszner & Mandell, 2012). If a poem is considered more proper and the author wants the reader to clearly understand how a line in the poem is read, the use of punctuation such as commas and periods are used to stress this point. This style is commonly known as end-stopped lines. (Kirszner
He uses a lot of parentheses to add asides, which further explain what he has written.
Blackwell Publishing. 13. What is the difference between a '' and a ''?
The novel's dialogue and monologue alike manage to relay the feel of natural speaking such as "I mean you'd be different in some way - I can't explain what I mean. " The contractions “you'd” and “can't”, since they are common in everyday language, establish a very common and simple tone. Stress on the first syllable of "different" reinforces the tone by demonstrating how typically they speak. He uses dashes for pauses and the signaling of associative digressions. Instead of signaling pauses, commas are used only where mechanically required.
21. Names of long works—such as novels, a series (like the Peanuts, which I used in the sample LA), or movies—need to be in italics. Names of short works—such as short stories, articles, poems, or sitcoms—need to be in quotation marks. All of the works in this class are short works except for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Trifles, and Maus, so for the most part you will be using quotation marks.
Even if you change some of the words of the quote, it is still considered the words of the author. A paraphrase must be cited as well as a quote. All quotes must have the name of the author and the page number of the quote in parentheses after the quotation marks.
-If you add a word or words in a quotation, you should put square brackets around the words to indicate that they are not part of the original text:
Grammar and punctuation is another importance in academic writing. Having inappropriate punctuation, grammar and spelling will cause other staff nurses to have a difficult time to analyse your notes and documents. Proper punc...
3. Quotation marks ("") should be uses to surround the whole quote while apostrophes ('') should be used to surround inner speeches of quotes.
Rule number two exemplifies comma placement when dealing with three or more terms. Strunk and White say that in “a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last” (Strunk and White, 2). One example they use to demonstrate this is
...e powerful when read in the midst of the rest of the text, the story of a dying family, a deteriorating house, a falling away of the light from the lighthouse. They also remind the reader that life and death exist beyond places of sentimental houses. The brackets themselves add an emphasis beyond what is possible with a parentheses. Are they as strong as a voice-over would be in a movie? I don't think so. Rather, I imagine them as dialogue, spoken in the voices of children, neighbors, and documents, background noise that add to the overall effect but are only a tiny portion of the text that surrounds them.
3. The correct method for quoting is "The conch is gone" (Golding 200). Instead of, "The conch is gone (Golding 200)." The parentheses are considered a part of the last sentence but not a part of the quote itself, so it should be included into the punctuation but not the quotation marks.
My grandmother was born at a time when the Japanese had invaded Korea. At those times girls were not considered to be very important and guys were valued. That has not changed a whole lot even today. Yet my grandma was an extraordinary women, she was the youngest girl in her family and her mother died when she was only five years old. She went to about third grade because Korea doesn't have a public school system and learned most of her reading and writing skills through her older sisters, who knew a little more than her. My grandma was a fast learner and was able to learn Korean and even Japanese quickly. Living under a very strict father she was not able to go farther than the front yard. She was often discouraged in learning stuff such as math, history, and reading and writing. Most of these stuff was often taught only to boys that could afford it. Girls were not taught anything but how to cook and clean. Regardless of her sex she desired for something better. She learned these basic skills independently and even exceeded in them. She loved reading books and read what she could find and she is the most intelligent person I know.