PUNCTUATION IN WRITING

 Punctuation marks are importantante in writing because they  indicate breaks mandatory, delimit phrases and paragraphs and provide the syntactic hierarchy of propositions, getting the text and structure, sort and prioritize ideas into primary and secondary schools, and remove ambiguities. Therefore require a very precise job, if put in the wrong place, the words and phrases stop saying what the author meant.

The score varies depending on the writing style; however, style differences that may arise do not exempt anyone from complying with certain minimum standards and to avoid errors generally considered unacceptable.

However, should be noted that beyond any established rule, the punctuation marks also make the architecture of written thought. In this sense, as happens in poetry for more than a century, there are no precise rules to regulate the proper use of signs on the scores, both narrative and poetic. In terms of principles and parameters, the punctuation would be part of the parameters of language, and therefore are in a process of constant evolution and are variables that can depend on other factors.

If the ultimate goal is communication, it might seem paradoxical to find spelling licenses that do not respect the conventional way of writing and that, however, express perfectly the concepts and the internal rhythms, otherwise invisible.

A good punctuation ensures the proper articulation of the meaning units that make up a sentence or paragraph. So punctuation jobs require very precise;

if put in the wrong place, the words and phrases that are no longer what the author meant. The more signs highlighting the structuring of the content (theme, sub-theme, idea, detail), the more consistent and accurate is the text. The Punctuation  rules are very broad, each person has his own style of expression as well as having a writing style. Punctuation depends on the text we write a report if the information should be expressed in a straightforward way as if a trial is more free because you can give opinions or defend an idea.

Apostrophe  ´

To indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o’er for over, or pronounced, as in gov’t for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in woman’s; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.’s, p’s. But do NOT use apostrophes for possessive pronouns or for noun plurals.

BRACKETS  [ ]

You can use brackets to include explanatory words or phrases within quoted language.

If you are quoting material and you’ve had to change the capitalization of a word or change a pronoun to make the material fit into your sentence, enclose that changed letter or word(s) within brackets.

Also within quotations, you could enclose [sic] within brackets to show that misspelled words or inappropriately used words are not your own typos or blunders but are part of an accurately rendered quotation.

You can use brackets to include parenthetical material inside parenthetical material.

COLON   :

The sign used to mark a major division in a sentence to indicate that what follows is an elaboration, summation, interpretation, etc., of what precedes; and to separate groups of numbers, as hours from minutes (5:30) or the elements of a ratio or proportion (1:2).

COMMA   ,

A mark of punctuation used to indicate a division in a sentence, as in setting off a word, phrase, or clause, to separate items in a list, to mark off thousands in numerals, to separate types or levels of information in bibliographic and other data.

DASH        ̶

A mark or sign used variously in printed or written matter, especially to note a break, pause, or hesitation; to begin and end parenthetic text; to indicate omission of letters or words; to substitute for certain uses of the colon; and to separate elements of a sentence or a series of sentences, as a question from its answer.

ELLIPSIS  …

The omission from a sentence or other construction of one or more words understandable from the context that would complete or clarify the construction. A mark to indicate the omission of letters or words.

EXCLAMATION POINT  !

The sign used in writing after an exclamation or interjections, expressing strong emotion or astonishment, or to indicate a command.

AVOID OVERUSE!

HYPHEN -

A short line used to connect the parts of compound words or the parts of a word divided for any purpose.

PARENTHESES ( )

Either or both of a pair of signs used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark.

PERIOD .

A full pause, as is made at the end of a complete sentence. The point or character used to mark the end of a declarative sentence or to indicate an abbreviation.

QUESTION MARK ?

A mark indicating a question.

Seriously.

QUOTATION MARK “”

One of the marks used to indicate the beginning and end of a quotation.

SEMICOLON  ;

The punctuation mark used to indicate a major division in a sentence where a more distinct separation is felt between clauses or items on a list than is indicated by a comma, as between two clauses of a compound sentence.