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Puntuation
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- 1THE SEMICOLON commonly used to separate independent clauses that share the same general idea.Example
You should stop eating so much food; you will have to go on a diet. - 2IN A SERIES Use a semicolon to separate items in a series if any of the items already contain commasEXAMPLE
Our salesman will visit your stores in Santa Marta, Magdalena; Barranquilla, Atlántico; and Maicao, Guajira. - 3THE COLON Use a colon between two independent clauses when the second clause explains or illustrates the first clause and there is no coordinating conjunction linking the two clauses. Leave two spaces after the colon.EXAMPLE
I like to go to Santa Marta in December: it reminds me of my childhood. - 4BEFORE LISTS AND ENUMERATION Place a colon before such expressions as “ for example” , “ namely” , and “ that is” when they introduce words, phrases or a series of clauses anticipated earlier in the sentence.EXAMPLE
he set of china includes:
-12 dinner plates
-12 salad plates
-12 cups and saucers. - 5When hours and minutes are expressed in figures, separate them with colon. No space precedes or follows this colon.EXAMPLE
*8:25 a.m.
*6:40 p.m.
*9:15 p.m - 6A colon is used to represent the word “ to”.EXAMPLE
in proportions: 2:1 - 7In business letters, use a colon after the salutation. In social letters, use a comma.EXAMPLE
*Gentlemen:
*Dear Mr. Stone:
*Dear Aunt Helen - 8THE 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
t this year’ s banquet, the speakers—and the food—were superb. - 9To 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!. - 10Use 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. - 11Use 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.EXAMPLE
*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!
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- FlashCards sobre Puntuation, criado por Giselle Paola Gomez Balvin em 12-10-2016.
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