Punctuation ?!

1. Punctuation ?!

   #1

   From the Adult Creative Writing Club (visit them at http://www.acwclub.com/index.html to enter their monthly contest!)
   
   Use a Comma to...
   • separate items in a series.
   • set off interrupting words.
   • set off introductory words and phrases.
   • separate parts of a compound sentence.
   • set off a direct quotation.
   • separate the parts of an address.
   
   Use a Semicolon...
   • to separate items in a series when the items contain commas.
   • between main clauses when the conjunction (and, but, for, or) has been left out.
   
   Use a Colon...
   • before a list.
   • to separate two independent clauses when the second clause restates or explains the first clause.
   
   Use Parentheses...
   • to enclose additional information.
   • to enclose numbers or letters.
   
   Use a Hyphen...
   • to show a word break at the end of a line.
   • in certain compound nouns.
   • in fractions and in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.
   
   Use Quotation Marks...
   • to set off a speaker's exact words.
   • to set off the titles of short works (poems, essays, songs, short stories, magazine articles).
   
   Use an Apostrophe to...
   • show ownership.
   • show that letters have been left out of contractions.
   • make plurals that could be confused for other words.
   
   Writing Numbers...
   • Spell out numbers from one to nine.
   • Use figures for numbers 10 and higher.
   • Spell out numbers that appear at the beginning of a sentence.

2. Punctuation ?!

   #2

   Or, we could just collectively switch to a language that doesn't use punctuation...

3. Punctuation ?!

   #3

   isaypunctuationandformattingthenwecanstartbaggingonmoonhunter
   whowilloftenforgetandstartusingpunctuationinhispostanyway ;)

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