{"id":69,"date":"2022-05-20T21:09:06","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-punctuation\/"},"modified":"2022-05-20T21:09:06","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:09:06","slug":"introduction-to-punctuation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ecc-guidetowriting\/chapter\/introduction-to-punctuation\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Punctuation","rendered":"Introduction to Punctuation"},"content":{"raw":"\n

Identify Common Punctuation Marks and Their Rules for Correct Usage<\/h2>\nIn this short skit, comedian Victor Borge illustrates just how prevalent punctuation is (or should be) in language.\n\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No\n\nAs you've just heard, punctuation is everywhere. While it can be a struggle at first to learn the rules that come along with each mark, punctuation is here to help you: these marks were invented to guide readers through passages\u2014to let them know how and where words relate to each other. When you learn the rules of punctuation, you equip yourself with an extensive toolset so you can better craft language to communicate the exact message you want.\n\n\"a\n\nAs we mentioned at the beginning of this module, different style guides have slightly different rules for grammar. This is especially true when it comes to punctuation. This outcome will cover the MLA rules for punctuation, but we'll also make note of rules from other styles when they're significantly different.\n","rendered":"

Identify Common Punctuation Marks and Their Rules for Correct Usage<\/h2>\n

In this short skit, comedian Victor Borge illustrates just how prevalent punctuation is (or should be) in language.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No<\/p>\n

As you’ve just heard, punctuation is everywhere. While it can be a struggle at first to learn the rules that come along with each mark, punctuation is here to help you: these marks were invented to guide readers through passages\u2014to let them know how and where words relate to each other. When you learn the rules of punctuation, you equip yourself with an extensive toolset so you can better craft language to communicate the exact message you want.<\/p>\n

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As we mentioned at the beginning of this module, different style guides have slightly different rules for grammar. This is especially true when it comes to punctuation. This outcome will cover the MLA rules for punctuation, but we’ll also make note of rules from other styles when they’re significantly different.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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