ENGL 003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Exclamation Mark, Apposition, Content Clause
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Bright , j. s. defines punctuation as the art of using correctly the various stops and marks in writing . Punctuation makes the meaning of a passage clear and helps the reader to grasp it easily . Without punctuation marks the meaning of a sentence and be distorted and misunderstood . Punctuation also regulates reading and tells us the place where we should pause and take breath in reading . Full stop [u. s. period : used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or an exclamation . I knocked again : sometimes used in abbreviations : __ e. g __ a. m: used in internet and e-mail addresses ( said dot ) www. oup. com/elt/oald . (,) comma. 1- used to separate words in a list , though they are often omitted before and : Buy some coffee , sugar , milk , tea and bread .
