Study with the several resources on Docsity
Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan
Prepare for your exams
Study with the several resources on Docsity
Earn points to download
Earn points by helping other students or get them with a premium plan
Punctuation correctly describe the sentence meanings and its use.It contains many rules to follow such as comma ,full stop, etc
Typology: Schemes and Mind Maps
1 / 6
This page cannot be seen from the preview
Don't miss anything!
Name: Maryam Bashir Class: BS-HND Roll No: 18037 Presentation Topic: Basic Rules of Punctuation Punctuation: Puntuation refers to the specific marks as Full Stop, Comma, colon and Semicolon that are used in writing to seperate or join sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.
History: Punctuation word is derived from Latin word "Punctus" that means Point. Upto 16th century the subject was known in English as Pointing and puctuation was introduced in the Middle of 16th century. Basic Puctuation Rules: Full Stop: Use a full stop to end a statement, mild command, indirect question and after most abbreviations. Examples: He arrived on time Sit up straight He ofen thinks whether he would attain his goal are not. Question Mark: It is used at the at the end of Direct Question. examples:
Colon: It is used to call attention to the words following it and to present a list. Example: Two major types of organisms are: eukaryotes and prokeryotes. I need several things from Store: eggs, milk, and bread. Apostrophe: It is used to show possession and to make contractions. Examples: Boy' hat, Men'coats and Girl' flowers etc. aren't, can't, and didn't etc. Quotation Mark: It is used to present quotations and titles of short works. Examples:
" Shoot for the Moon even if you miss you'll land among the stars." The story "Mother and Child" is written by Hira. Comma: It is used to seperate items written in series, before coordinating conjunction joining independent clauses, to seperate items in date, before the text of quotations and after salutation. Examples: We bought eggs, breads, jam and milk etc. I didn't have good time on myvocations, so i would go some other place next time. He went there on Monday, May 11, 1997. The teacher said,"slow and steady wins the race." Dear sir, Dear mam, and Dear sir etc. Parentheses: These are used to add extra information in a text.
