Grammar 3 - Punctuation
Funny stuff
Types of commas
I like cooking my family and pets.
A woman without her man is nothing.
Watch out man eating apes.
They took in Maddie a student and a puppy.
Introducing comma
Separating comma
Enclosing comma
However, it was raining to hard.
Yesterday morning at 6am, I got up to go for a walk.
I'm studying at Victoria at the moment, but I'll soon start work.
The estate was divided among Kate, Tom, Pete, and Ann.
Karen's car, which is old and dirty, needs a warrant.
Mary Smith, senior lecturer, attended the conference.
Colons
Introducing a bulleted list
Introducing an explanation, definition or list-- inside a sentence
The basement flooded every year: it had no form of drainage.
You'll need to take three things to your exam: your pen, your ID card, and your dictionary.
Avoid
Semicolon
Complex lists
The three possible colour combinations were red, orange, and black; blue, green, and purple; and white, yellow, and grey.
Joining two similar or related sentences
Architects create plans from briefs; engineers make those plans possible.
Avoid
Make sure bullet point are grammatically connected to the introducing sentence.
No punctuation after bullet point till very end.
Book
Eats, shoots, and leaves.
Two independent sentences without a linking word