Punctuation, Part 2

In this blog post, I will present 3 more sections from the punctuation part of Rules for Writers.

"Punctuation" (via BambooCreative Inc).

1. Quotation Marks- This section covers proper use of quotation marks. It is important to remember that when using a very long quote, you do not use quotation marks because you're going to use an indented format. Also, single quotations are used (like 'this') when there is a quote within what you are quoting.

2. End Punctuation- This section goes over the end punctuation, such as a period, question mark, or exclamation point. A good point that the book makes is that when you are saying that so and so asked you a question, that is a statement, so there would not be a question mark at the end.

3. Other Punctuation Marks- This section covers everything else that is considered a punctuation mark. This includes dashes, parenthesis, brackets, ellipsis, and slash. The slash is used mainly to separate lines of poetry. The ellipsis is a set of three periods and is used to show that you are deleting words in a sentence.