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Punctuation Rules

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Use commas to separate... three or more items in a series.
Use a comma to show a pause after... an introductory word.
Use a comma after two or more prepositional phrases at... the beginning of a sentence.
Use commas to set off words that... interrupt the flow of thought in a sentence.
Use commas to set off names used... in direct address.
Use a comma before and, or, and but when... they join simple sentences.
Use a comma after the salutation of a friendly letter and after... the closing of both a friendly letter and a business letter.
Use a comma or a pair of commas to set off a direct... quotation.
Use a semicolon to join parts of a compound sentence when... a conjunction such as and, but, or or is not used.
Use a colon to introduce... a list of items that ends a sentence. Use words such as these, the following, and as follows to introduce lists.
Do not use a colon immediately after... a verb or a preposition.
Use a colon to separate the hour and... the minute.
Use a colon after the salutation... of a business letter.
Use quotation marks before and after... a direct quotation.
Use quotation marks before and after each part of... an interrupted quotation.
Use a comma or commas to separate... a phrase such as she said from the quotation itself. Place the comma outside opening quotation marks but inside closing quotation marks.
Place a period inside... closing quotation marks.
Place a question mark or an exclamation mark inside the quotation marks when... it is part of the quotation.
Place a question mark or an exclamation mark outside the quotation marks when... it is part of the entire sentence but not part of the quotation.
Use italics (underlining) to identify... the title of a book, play, film, television series, magazine, newspaper, or name of a ship, train, or plane.
Use quotation marks for the title of a... short story, essay, poem, song, magazine or newspaper article, or book chapter.
Hyphens can divide words only... between syllables.
Do not use a hyphen to divide a... one-syllable word.
Do not use a hyphen to divide a word so... one letter stands alone.
Use a hyphen with SOME... compound nouns. EX: self-esteem, sister-in-law
Use a hyphen with compound... numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.
Hyphenate a compound... adjective when it comes before the noun it modifies.
Use a hyphen with prefixes... all-, ex-, great-, self-, and with the suffixes -elect, and -free.
To form the possessive case of a singular noun... add an apostrophe and an s.
To form the possessive case of a plural noun that does not end in s... add an apostrophe and an s.
To form the possessive case of a plural noun ending in s... add only the apostrophe.
In general, you should not use an apostrophe... to form the plural of a noun.
Do not use an apostrophe... with possessive personal pronouns.
To form the possessive case of many indefinite pronouns... add an apostrophe and an s.
A contraction is... a shortened form of a word, a numeral, or a group of words. The apostrophe in a contraction shows where letters, numerals, or words have been left out.
Use an apostrophe and an s to form the plurals of... letters, numerals, and symbols, and of words referred to as words.
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