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** separating ideas | ** separating ideas | ||
** parenthetical or brackets | ** parenthetical or brackets | ||
=== lists === | === for lists === | ||
=== | * = separates nouns, verbs and series of clauses | ||
=== separating ideas or gaps === | * the '''serial comma''' = comma following the 2nd to last item in a list before a conjunction: | ||
=== parenthetical or brackets === | ** ex.: "one, two, or three bananas" | ||
** vs.: "one, two or three bananas" | |||
*** both forms are correct | |||
*** generally, American usage is to use the "serial comma" that comes before the conjunction | |||
=== for conjunctions === | |||
=== for separating ideas or gaps === | |||
=== for parenthetical phrases or brackets === | |||
* functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence | * functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence | ||
* see | * see | ||
** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | ** [[http://www.sussex.ac.uk/informatics/punctuation/comma (suxxex.ac.uk)]] | ||
Revision as of 22:57, 16 April 2021
Punctuation is sub-category of Grammar
- punctuation is used to set rules for recreating in writing human speech
- such as hard pauses (periods, semicolons, colons, dashes and parentheses) and soft pauses (commas)
- however, punctuation enables writing to go beyond verbal communication for complex expression and meaning
See:
- Grammar
- Word Parts of Speech & Grammar Rules for list of commonly used words, their parts of speech categories, and the rules governing their use
- Parts of Speech for grammar and usage rules on word categories
- Word Parts of Speech & Grammar Rules
- SAT Writing
[category: Grammar] [category: Language Arts] [category: SAT Verbal]]
comma[edit | edit source]
- used to create a pause
- uses of commas
- lists
- joining phrases
- separating ideas
- parenthetical or brackets
for lists[edit | edit source]
- = separates nouns, verbs and series of clauses
- the serial comma = comma following the 2nd to last item in a list before a conjunction:
- ex.: "one, two, or three bananas"
- vs.: "one, two or three bananas"
- both forms are correct
- generally, American usage is to use the "serial comma" that comes before the conjunction
for conjunctions[edit | edit source]
for separating ideas or gaps[edit | edit source]
for parenthetical phrases or brackets[edit | edit source]
- functions as parentheses to set aside additional information without interrupting the basic sentence
- see