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I really wouldn't ask here. I have seen what people write and you don't stand a chance of getting a decent answer.

Try the site below for some accurate information.

2006-09-28 06:36:08 · answer #1 · answered by â?¥MissMayâ?¥ 4 · 2 0

Read this carefully:
Frivolouscrimesquad asked, "Can you give me a sentence, with examples, of the correct way to use punctuation?" "No, sorry!" replied creambunmum. "However, all you need to do is study this; if you do, you will see they are all used at least once!"

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Okay, so I could not put everything in one sentence, but I hope the above will be okay. It has commas, exclamation marks, a colon, a semi-colon, speech marks, an apostrophe and a question mark. I cannot think of any other type of punctuation!

2006-09-28 13:41:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

A full stop comes at the end of the sentence.

A comma has many purposes such as a pause, much like this one. Or, alternatively, used as parentheses like that. One, two, three, four or indeed any number of items in a list might have commas between them.

A semi-colon can be thought of as a longer pause than a comma, and not quite as long as a full stop; technically used to separate closely related independent clauses. It's worth exploring fully; there's a lot of value there.

A colon often starts a list or finishes a 'this then that' thought. There's only one thing to do now: practice a little.

An exclamation mark makes a statement. Shortly after this, I got bored!

Try this: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

2006-09-28 13:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by jp16877 2 · 0 0

Periods go at the end of a statement. Periods go after abbreviations. Eg. Tues.
Question marks go at the end of a question. Eg. What is your name?
Commas go between items in a list, or between a compound sentence, as in this one. Commas also come after a greeting in a letter, between the date and the year, and after the closing in a letter. Commas separate the person speaking from what is said in dialogue. Eg. Jane said, "The house is brown." Commas also set apart descriptions. Eg. Mr. Brown, my second grade teacher, is retiring soon.
Quotation marks go around what someone says. Eg. Jane said, "The house is red."
Colons come before a list, or to direct attention to something that follows. Eg. The following are examples of punctuation marks:
Periods
Quotation marks
Commas
Semicolons are used in a coordinating function between two major sentence elements.
Exclamation marks come at the end of a sentence that is intended to show excitement. Eg. That is all I know about punctuation!
Appostrophes go in contractions to show that a letter or letters have been left out. They also show ownership. Eg. Mary's dog is brown. Plural possessives have the appostophe after who owns it. So if three girls share ownership of the hairbrush it is the girls' hairbrush. I like to think of it as that the appostrohe points to who owns it.
And now that is all I know!!!

2006-09-28 16:01:59 · answer #4 · answered by Judith H 1 · 0 0

I have a 500 page book on punctuation, can't be done in one sentence.

2006-10-01 08:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

There are too many ways to use punctuation to do that.. care to be more specific.. which punctuation examples are you in need of..

2006-09-28 13:26:47 · answer #6 · answered by limgrn_maria 4 · 0 0

Yikes! Is anyone really bothered about spelling and punctuation anymore? Looking at this website I thought it was a thing of the past or uncool to spell properly!!

2006-09-28 16:03:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The internet is the worst place to ask about grammar. Most contributors are illiterate. You have a local library, don't you? Read some books.

2006-09-28 13:49:19 · answer #8 · answered by Baker 1 · 0 0

Pardon?

2006-09-28 13:25:56 · answer #9 · answered by Mel 2 · 0 0

No, I cannot; however, you may find lessons at your local school. Wait--I forgot--they don't teach people such things, anymore (not in the U.S., anyway).

2006-09-28 13:26:43 · answer #10 · answered by mrearly2 4 · 0 0

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