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puntuation
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- 1PUNCTUATIONmembers:
Acosta Cervantes Noelis
Navarro Piedrahita Ruth
Puerta Carrillo Jessica - 2—
- 3When hours and minutes are expressed in figures, separate them with colon. No space precedes or follows this colon.Examples:
8:25 a.m. 6:40 p.m. 9:15 p.m. - 4A colon is used to represent the word “to” in proportions:Example of proportions:
2:1 - 5In business letters, use a colon after the salutation. In social letters, use a comma.Examples:
Gentlemen:
Dear Mr. Stone:
Dear Aunt Helen, - 6THE DASH Use dashes in place of commas to set off a nonessential element that requires special emphasis. Do not leave a space before or after the dash.Example:
At this year’s banquet, the speakers—and the food—were superb. - 7To give special emphasis to the second independent clause in a compound sentence, use a dash rather than a comma before the coordinating conjunction.Example:
The information I sent you is true—and you know it! - 8Use dashes instead of parentheses when you want to give the nonessential element strong emphasis.Example:
Call Susan Dickson—she’s with Telecom—and get her opinion. - 9Use a dash to show an abrupt break in thought or to separate an afterthought from the main part of a sentence. Do not leave space before or after the dash.Examples:
I wish you would—Oh, forget it.
Victoria’s plane will be landing in Barranquilla—or did she say Santa Marta?
Don’t believe him—ever! NOT: Don’t believe him – ever! - 10PARENTHESES. Parentheses and dashes serve many of the same functions, but they differ in one significant respect: parentheses can set off only nonessential elements, where as dashes can set off essential and nonessential elements.Examples:
Remember: In setting off elements, dashes emphasize; parentheses de-emphasize.
In three of our factories (Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena) sales have gone up.
Sales have gone down in our Cali (Valle) office. - 11With references:This point is discussed in Chapter 7.
- 12With dates:The “Sin On” Bible (1716) got its name from an extraordinary typographical error: instead of counseling the readers to “sin no more”, it urged them to “sin on more.”
- 13With enumerated items within a sentence:We need the following information to complete our record of Ms. Lee’s experience (1) the number of years she worked for your company, (2) a description of her duties, and (39 the number of promotions she received.
- 14Note: Letters are used to enumerate items within a sentence when the sentence itself is part of a numbered sequence. 3. Please include these items on your expense account (a) the cost of your hotel room; (b) the cost of meals, including tips; and (c) the amount you spent on transportation.Note: If the item in parentheses is to be incorporated at the end of a sentence, place the punctuation needed to end the sentence outside the closing parentheses.
Please hand in your typing work by Monday (August 10).
How can I reach John Blacksmith (he teaches at the Colombo)? - 15Do not use a period before the closing parenthesis except with an abbreviation.Example:
Our office is open late on Thursdays (until 9 p.m.). - 16THE UNDERSCORE. Underscoring in typewritten material is the counterpart of italic type in printed material.Examples:
The word quay is pronounced exactly the same as key.
The word quay is pronounced exactly the same as key. - 17Thank you for your attention
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- TOEFL Inglés Flashcards on puntuation , created by Jessica Paola Puerta Carrillo on 27/10/2016.
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- Created by Noelis Acosta Cervantes · Oct 15, 2016
- Copied by Jessica Paola Puerta Carrillo · Oct 27, 2016
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