Here’s a quick punctuation review:
IF YOUR PURPOSE IS TO
USE THIS PUNCTUATION
EXAMPLE
end a sentence
period[.]
Use a period to end a sentence.
connect complete sentences
semicolon[;] or a comma [,] and
A semicolon can connect two
a conjunction [and, or, nor, for,
sentences; it is an excellent way
so, but, yet]
to show that two ideas are related.
connect items in a list
comma [,] but if one or more items The table was overturned, the
in that list already has a comma,
mattress was torn apart, and the
use a semicolon [;]
dresser drawers were strewn all
over the floor.
The castaways included a profes-
sor, who was the group’s leader;
an actress; and a housewife.
introduce a quotation or
colon [:] or comma [,]
Colons have three functions:
explanation
introducing long lists, introducing
quotations, and introducing expla-
nations.
He said, “This simply won’t do.”
indicate a quotation
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