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A SHORT-TWITTER WRITING COURSE
Cc: @pencathedral
Tutor: @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi
TITLE: PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING
DURATION: 15 Minutes Read/Day for 5 days.
COST: Just RT with the hashtag #PunctuationMatters
#PunctuationMatters
#English
#amwriting
DAY 3
📎 THE COMMA MARK
Cc: @pencathedral
Tutor: @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi
TITLE: PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING
DURATION: 15 Minutes Read/Day for 5 days.
COST: Just RT with the hashtag #PunctuationMatters
#PunctuationMatters
#English
#amwriting
DAY 3
📎 THE COMMA MARK
Let's get down to business!
THE COMMA.
Yesterday, we talked about end marks: full stop, question mark and exclamation mark. While these punctuation marks end sentences, the COMMA mark indicates a small break or soft pause.
You can pause anywhere in speeches; not in writings.
THE COMMA.
Yesterday, we talked about end marks: full stop, question mark and exclamation mark. While these punctuation marks end sentences, the COMMA mark indicates a small break or soft pause.
You can pause anywhere in speeches; not in writings.
Use a comma,
1. After an Introductory Phrase: Always separate an introductory word or phrase with a comma before the the main sentence.
Examples:
"Personally, I hate red shoes."
"After watching tennis, the man slumped and died."
Note: Don't use...
1. After an Introductory Phrase: Always separate an introductory word or phrase with a comma before the the main sentence.
Examples:
"Personally, I hate red shoes."
"After watching tennis, the man slumped and died."
Note: Don't use...
A SHORT-TWITTER WRITING COURSE
Cc: @pencathedral
Tutor: @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi
TITLE: PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING
DURATION: 15 Minutes Read/Day for 5 days.
COST: Just RT with the hashtag #PunctuationMatters
DAY 2
📎 END MARKS: FULL STOP, QUESTION MARK & EXCLAMATION MARK
Cc: @pencathedral
Tutor: @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi
TITLE: PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING
DURATION: 15 Minutes Read/Day for 5 days.
COST: Just RT with the hashtag #PunctuationMatters
DAY 2
📎 END MARKS: FULL STOP, QUESTION MARK & EXCLAMATION MARK
End marks are punctuation that are used to show the end of a sentence. They're common and easy to use in English writing. However, they could be missed and and contextually misused.
There are three end marks punctuation in English language.
Alright.
Any questions?
Let's go!
There are three end marks punctuation in English language.
Alright.
Any questions?
Let's go!
1. Period (.)
2 Question Mark (?)
3. Exclamation Mark (!)
Review:
1. Alright.
2. Any questions?
3. Let's go!
You need to understand the four different types of sentences to use end marks properly. End marks end sentences, but what kind of sentence do each of them end?
2 Question Mark (?)
3. Exclamation Mark (!)
Review:
1. Alright.
2. Any questions?
3. Let's go!
You need to understand the four different types of sentences to use end marks properly. End marks end sentences, but what kind of sentence do each of them end?
A SHORT-TWITTER WRITING COURSE
Cc: @pencathedral
Tutor: @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi
TITLE: PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING
DURATION: 15 Minutes Read/Day for 5 days.
COST: Just RT with the hashtag #PunctuationMatters
DAY 1
📎 INTRODUCTION: IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING.
Cc: @pencathedral
Tutor: @Ngwoke_Ifeanyi
TITLE: PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING
DURATION: 15 Minutes Read/Day for 5 days.
COST: Just RT with the hashtag #PunctuationMatters
DAY 1
📎 INTRODUCTION: IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUATION IN ENGLISH WRITING.
Take a look at this picture. What do you see?
Drop your comments. What do you see? The name of a restaurant or the name of a "petty" part of the body.
Drop your comments. What do you see? The name of a restaurant or the name of a "petty" part of the body.
Story time! ☺
The same words. Two different meanings. The same number of punctuation. Different positions. Different meanings.
#PunctuationMatters
We will deal with more examples when we starting talking about specific punctuation marks.
The same words. Two different meanings. The same number of punctuation. Different positions. Different meanings.
#PunctuationMatters
We will deal with more examples when we starting talking about specific punctuation marks.
Quick #GrammarGeek #Punctuation thread for a Saturday morning
I was today years old when I realized that our words period, colon, and comma are just the Greek words for lengths of clauses used as signs for those things in English
sententiaeantiquae.com/2019/11/16/hey…
I was today years old when I realized that our words period, colon, and comma are just the Greek words for lengths of clauses used as signs for those things in English
sententiaeantiquae.com/2019/11/16/hey…
"The period is a statement which has beginning and an end."
περίοδός ἐστι λέξις ἀρχὴν ἔχουσα καὶ τελευτήν
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περίοδός ἐστι λέξις ἀρχὴν ἔχουσα καὶ τελευτήν
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“…So too do things called kôla divide and clarify the language of prose”
οὕτω καὶ τὴν ἑρμηνείαν τὴν λογικὴν διαιρεῖ καὶ διακρίνει τὰ καλούμενα κῶλα
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οὕτω καὶ τὴν ἑρμηνείαν τὴν λογικὴν διαιρεῖ καὶ διακρίνει τὰ καλούμενα κῶλα
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