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Stops, or How To Punctuate

Throughout the ages, languages continue to adapt and change. English, being a relatively new language, is a ni...

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Throughout the ages, languages continue to adapt and change. English, being a
relatively new language, is a nice example of that. Though the English
vocabulary is continually evolving, the system of punctuation has remained
constant for the most part. This means that grammar books from 1895 are still
applicable today.

Punctuation marks are symbols that indicate the structure and organization of
written language, as well as intonation and pauses to be observed when reading
aloud.

In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of
sentences. For example, "woman, without her man, is nothing" and "woman:
without her, man is nothing" have greatly different meanings, as do "eats
shoots and leaves" and "eats, shoots and leaves". "King Charles walked and
talked; half an hour after, his head was cut off" is more alarming than "King
Charles walked and talked half an hour after his head was cut off".

Therefore, listening to Paul Allardyce’s “Stops, or How to Punctuate” would be
a good idea.

01 – Introduction

02 – The Full Stop

03 – The Comma

04 – The Semicolon

05 – The Colon

06 – The Point of Interrogation

07 – The Mark of Exclamation

08 – The Dash

09 – Brackets

10 – The Inverted Comma

11 – Italics

12 – The Hyphen

13 – The Apostrophe

14 – Mark of Ellipses

15 – Reference to Notes

16 – How to Correct a Printer’s Proof

Last update

March 28, 2013

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