punctuation

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I understand punctuation fine, and I think the author is wrong.

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Quick take

something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of punctuation gathered in one view.

noun

something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

noun

the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

noun

the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for punctuation.

noun

something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

noun

the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

noun

the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

Example sentences

I understand punctuation fine, and I think the author is wrong.

I feel so old now. I always capitalize every IM or SMS I write and I try to make the punctuation as correct as possible.

EJ has demonstrated a keen grasp of English language, punctuation and rhetoric.

Even the punctuation in that sentence makes the word man stand out when it could have easily been written without said punctuation.

It was decided way back in 2002 to use the logical punctuation style there, in a fairly ad-hoc way when it was still a small project.

It might mean simple grammar and punctuation fixes, but it also meant correcting the format mandated by the state education departments.

Your blog post says:> "Avoid using simple passwords based on dictionary words"And yet your password algorithm rejects highly secure pass phrases:> "New passwords can contain letters, numbers and punctuation.

So I typically copy in chunks of a few words, then make another pass to copy accents, breath marks, and punctuation.> Do you have error detection and error correction processes?I decided at the beginning of the project that I was not going to attempt complete accuracy.

" Just about the only arguments in favor of "American" punctuation are tradition and some hazy sense that periods outside qoutes look wrong, whereas the best argument for logical punctuation is that the point of writing is to communicate clearly, and logical punctuation is more clear at virtually no cost.