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Libyan International University

Faculty of Information Technology

Technical Writing
Summary of Some Punctuation Rules
Presenter:
Dr. Abdelsalam Elraggas
Email: [email protected]
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Content

• Summary Punctuation Rules


• Uses of Comma
• Uses of Apostrophes
• Use Quotation Marks
Objectives

• Students will learn and practice different uses of


comma, uses of apostrophes, and use quotation
marks.
• Students will recognize and apply these rules in
different sentences and paragraphs.
Uses of comma

 To separate items in a series of three or more


items
 I'm taking Spanish, English, physics, and
economics this semester.
 The teacher will read your paragraph, make
comments on it, and return it to you.
 Before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence
 We are bringing sandwiches, and Tom is bringing soft drinks
to the picnic.
 We don't need to bring raincoats, for the sun is shining brightly.

 After a dependent clause that comes before an


independent clause in a complex sentence
 Because the sun is shining brightly, we don't need to bring
raincoats.
 As soon as we arrived at the park, the men started playing
soccer.
 (Don't use a comma when the dependent clause follows the
independent clause )
 The men played soccer while the women watched.
To separate extra-information adjective clauses
from the rest of the sentence.
 The Nile, which is the longest river in the world, is
4,160 miles long.

 To separate extra-information appositives from


the rest of the sentence.
 The Amazon, the second longest river, is 4,000
miles long.
 After most transition signals at the
beginning of a sentence.
Finally, we arrived at our hotel.
However, our rooms were not ready.
After an hour, we left to find a place to eat.
Across the street, we found a small café.
 To separate sentence connectors that appear in
the middle of an independent clause.
• Our rooms, however, were not ready.
• Lions, for example, can outrun all but three animals
Uses of Apostrophes
1. To replace missing letters in contractions.
She's always cheerful. ( is)
They didn't answer the telephone. ( not)

2. With s to show possession with nouns and


indefinite pronouns.
He found a girl's jacket in the hall.
He walked into the girls' gymnasium by mistake.
He found someone's jacket in the hall
3. With s to form the plural of numbers and
letters.

The ice skater received three 1 O's and two 9.5's for
her performance.
The teacher gave all A's and B's last semester.
Use Quotation Marks.
To separate the exact words someone says or
writes from a reporting phrase

She said, "I'll miss you."


"I'll write you every day," she promised.
"I'll think about you every day," she
continued, "and I'll dream about you
every night.”
References

• Oshima, A. & Hogue, A. (2007) Introduction to


Academic Writing. Pearon Education, Inc.

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