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Punctuation
Punctuation
(.) Full stop
She is lucky.We use the full
stop at the end of a sentence.
Punctuation
(.) Dot
www.wikispace.com
For website and e-mail addresses
we say “dot”.
Punctuation
(,) Comma
I went to the shops, and then I went to the
swimming pool.I bought a computer, two televisions and a
pencil.
We use the comma for pauses in
sentences, or for lists of things.
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(,) Comma
My sister Mary, who lives in Paris, is a
pharmacist.
We use the comma in non-defining relative clauses.
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(,) Comma
She said, “I never do that!”
We use the comma before quoting
someone.
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(;)Semicolo
n
You must come to the show; you’ll
love it.
This is used to mark a pause
between two ideas that are
connected.
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(:) Colon
There are two reasons: firstly, I never liked him; and secondly, I
don’t like the time.
We use the colon to start a list of
something.
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(?) Question mark
What time is it?We use this at the end of a question.
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(!) Exclamation mark
Be quiet!We use this to show surprise /
anger, etc.
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(‘) Apostrophe
I’m Peter’s sister.
We use the apostrophe with contractions and
the genitive.
Punctuation
(“ “)
Inverted commas
Speech marksQuotation
marks“To be, or not to be. That is the
question.”
We often use these for quotes.
Punctuation
(- -) Dash
She wasn’t too happy about it all -
but that doesn’t matter.
We often use the dash in informal
styles to add a bit of extra
information at the end of a sentence.
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(-) Hyphen
co-workereating-time
This is similar to dash but much
shorter. It is used to join
two words together.
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(-) Hyphen
www.john-smith.com
Hyphens are often used in website or e-mail addresses.
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( ) Brackets
Mary (Peter’s sister) is coming
tonight.
We use brackets to add additional
information inside a sentence.
Punctuation
(/) Slash
www.eTwinning/project.com
This is often used in Internet addresses.
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( _ ) Underscore
www.john_smith.com
This is also used in e-mail and website
addresses.
Punctuation
ABCDEFG
Capitals
Where is Mary from?Spain.
We use them at the beginning of a sentence, for days, months, seasons, cities, countries, nationalities,…
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WWW@
E-mail and website adresses
www.wikispace.com
“double u, double u, double u”
@ = “at”
Marga Renedo Gómez
