Panctuation Rules

Punctuation rules

    Punctuation marks are symbols which

        organize the structure of written language,
        and indicate intonation and pauses to be observed when reading aloud.

    Punctuation marks are also used to avoid ambiguity. For example, "woman, without her man, is nothing" has a different meaning from "woman: without her, man is nothing"

    This is a summary of punctuation rules.

    Read the punctuation rules and study the examples given.
    End punctuation marks:

        1. Full stop , or period (.)

            Used a full stop at the end of a sentence:
            She stood up and went away. She was furious.
            Used for abbreviations:
            Co. (Company)
            M.P. (Member of Parliament)

        2. Question marks (?)

            Question marks are used at the end of direct questions:
            Where do you live?
            Are you crazy?
            Did you do the homework?
            Use a question mark at the end of tag questions:
            You will help me, won't you?
            He likes soccer, doesn't he?

        3. Exclamation marks (!)

            Used to indicate strong emotions:
            She's so beautiful!
            What a nice girl!
            How interesting!
            Used after interjections:
            Oh! It's awful.
            Hi! What's up?

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