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1_General Workshop
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- 1THE APOSTROPHE ( ' )Is used:
1*As a single quotation mark: (1* “Don’t you remember when he said ‘I will not go.’ yesterday?”)
2*To indicate the omission of figures in dates: (THE SUMMER '99)
3*As a symbol for feet: (29*12')
4*To form contractions: ( I've , Don't)
5*To form plurals of figures, letters, etc:
(dot your i’s ,e.g. p's and q's, three a's )
6*To form possessives:
(as in the eagle's feathers ) - 2ELLIPSIS MARKS ...Use an ellipsis when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage.
Example: Full quotation: "Today, after hours of careful thought, we vetoed the bill."
(With ellipsis: "Today … we vetoed the bill.")
Ellipsis marks :to indicate that a sentence trails of before the end. The three spaced period create an effect of uncertainty or abrupt suspension of thought..
(You should have told him . . .) - 3THE ASTERISK. ****Asterisks are used to replace words that are considered unprintable.
may be used to refer the reader to a footnote placed at the bottom of a page or table.
Example:
Elena was so furious and shouted***** - 4QUOTATION MARKS single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”)Have three main functions: to indicate the use of someone else’s exact words:
“If you want to lose weight, do exercise,”
said Carolina.
*To display titles of literary and artistic works.
Example: The title "As Thinking Positive"
*To set off words and phrases for special emphasis.
DOG" Danger" - 5THE DIAGONAL. ( / )The diagonal occurs (without space before or after) in certain abbreviations and expressions of time.Example:
km/S = kilometers per Seg
c/c = current account
C/gena. B/quilla.
*To offer two options, if placed between two words or between a word and a morpheme
True/ False. - 6BRACKETS ( [ ] )Brackets are tall punctuation marks used in matched pairs within text, to set apart or interject other text.
(This should appear in the list of ingredients [Sugar, Rice, Oil])
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