{"id":100,"date":"2017-07-20T16:28:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/introduction-to-punctuation\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T16:28:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:28:54","slug":"introduction-to-punctuation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/introduction-to-punctuation\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Punctuation","rendered":"Introduction to Punctuation"},"content":{"raw":"

Identify Common Punctuation Marks and Their Rules for Correct Usage<\/h2>\nIn\u00a0this short skit,\u00a0comedian\u00a0Victor Borge\u00a0illustrates 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\u00a0it can be a struggle at first to learn the rules that come along with each mark, punctuation\u00a0is here to help you: these marks were invented to guide readers through passages\u2014to let them know how and where words\u00a0relate to each other.\u00a0When 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\u00a0mentioned 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.","rendered":"

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

In\u00a0this short skit,\u00a0comedian\u00a0Victor Borge\u00a0illustrates 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\u00a0it can be a struggle at first to learn the rules that come along with each mark, punctuation\u00a0is here to help you: these marks were invented to guide readers through passages\u2014to let them know how and where words\u00a0relate to each other.\u00a0When 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\u00a0mentioned 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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