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PUNTUACTION
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- 1THE COLON The colon can be used in the following 7 was: 1.-before a list that is introduced by a complete sentence. Example: The reporter interviewed the following people: the department heads, the members of the faculty council, and a representative group of students.2.-To introduce the effect, or logical consequence of an action.
Exemple: There was only one way he could win: he had to cheat.
3.-Before a quotation.
Example: This is what Plato had to say about mathematicians: "I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning." - 24.-After the salutation in a business letter or memo. Example: Dear Senator Harkin: 5.- To separate chapter and verse in scripture. Example: The Sunday school class studied James 4:10 .6.- To separates hours from minutes.
Example: Our soccer game starts at 7:30.
7.- To show ratios
Example: Pour in the milk and water at a 3:1 ratio. - 3COMMA 1.- Use commas to separate items in a list of three or more. Example: I need to buy eggs, milk, lettuce and bread.2.- Use a comma to separate independent clauses .
Example: I want to buy the new jacket, but it is too expensive.
- 43.- Use a comma to separate a dependent clause (incomplete thought) from an independent clause (complete thought). Example: Without water, the plant4.- Use a comma(s) to separate any word or phrase from the rest of the sentence that is not essential to the setence's meaning. This phrase usually provides extra information about the subject.
Example: My mother, on the other hand, does not like c - 55.- Use a comma to separate a quotation from the rest of a sentence. Example: "We need to buy more sugar, "she said, "before it runs out!" 6.- Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of a sentence. Example: Hi, how are you?7.- Use a comma to separate the name of a city from a country or state.
Example: I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
8.- Use a comma to separate the day of the week , the day of the month, and the year.
Example: Today is Thursday, April 18, 1976. - 6SEMICOLONS The semicolon has three primary functions 1.- To combine two closely related complete sentences (independent clauses) which are not joined by a conjunction. Example: The man was wet; he was standing in the rain without an umbrella.2.- To separate complete sentences (independent clauses) that are joined by a conjunctive adverb.
Example: Jane likes fruit; however, she does not like apples.
3.- To separate items in a list when commas alone would he confusing.
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- Fichas sobre PUNTUACTION, creado por Rosa Maria Marquez el 17/06/2021.
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