Practical Punctuation Course ( Ppc)

How to use punctuation cleverly, Understanding the significance of commas, quotation marks, question marks and hyphen.

What you’ll learn
Learn about terminal punctuation: Periods, question marks, exclamation point etc
Learn about punctuation within sentences: Apostrophe, brackets, colon, semicolon, commas, dash, ellipsis etcis, quotation mark
Spacing and Breaks: paragraph breaks, white spaces and spacing
Typography: Ampersand, asterisks, Bullets, emotional and emojis, slashes and strike through
How to use semicolon
Learn purpose of paragraph break
Understand the rhetoric of spacing
Learn about direct quptations
Using parenthesis correctly
Use and misuse of colon
Using brackets with parenthesis
How to use apostrophe to mark contractions
How to use apostrophe with single nouns
How to use apostrophe when two or more nouns possess the same thing
Requirements
No Requirement
Description
Punctuation is a set of marks that regulate and clarifies the meanings of different texts, The term punctuation has originated from the Medieval Latin word punctuation which means marking or signs. The purpose of the punctuation is to clarify the meaning of texts by linking or separating words, phrases, or clauses. For example, the sentence ” Yesterday, rain-fog; frost-mist. But how fascinating each” hyphens are used to separate the compound words, while commas are used to separate the phrases. There are basic punctuation marks in English language. These include the period, comma, exclamation point, question mark, colon. semicolon, bullet point, dash, hyphen, parenthesis, bracket, quotation marks, ellipsis and apostrophe. The challenge among even English writers and language professionals is how to apply the punctuation at the relevant place so that the communication can flow orderly as expected by readers and listeners. The most important issue here is how we can all use punctuation carefully so the communication can effective and have the necessary impact. Punctuation can make an enormous difference in the meaning of whatever it is you are writing, let face it proper punctuation can make or break the impact of an otherwise well- constructed sentences.Punctuation primarily helps to indicate the pauses and the emphasis on certain ideas or thought that are discussed in the text. Particularly, in academic writing, it is essential to accurately use punctuation as it help to strengthen arguments that are made in the text. The correct punctuation in written English helps you articulate the ideas clearly, accurately and foster understand of your message. Marks of punctuation play very important role in giving intended meaning to the language.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What is punctuation

Lecture 3 Rules of punctuation

Section 2: Terminal Punctuation : Periods ( Full Stop)

Lecture 4 Definition of period

Lecture 5 History of usage

Lecture 6 Purpose of period

Lecture 7 Correct and incorrect use

Lecture 8 Falling out of favor

Section 3: Terminal Punctuation : Question Mark

Lecture 9 Definition of question mark

Lecture 10 History of question mark

Lecture 11 Purpose of question mark

Lecture 12 Correct and incorrect use of question mark

Lecture 13 A question within an indirect question

Lecture 14 Conversation mark

Section 4: Terminal Punctuation : Exclamation Points / Marks

Lecture 15 Definition of exclamation points

Lecture 16 History of exclamation points

Lecture 17 Purpose of exclamation points

Lecture 18 Rules for using exclamation marks

Lecture 19 When to omit exclamation point

Section 5: Punctuation Within Sentences : Apostrophes

Lecture 20 Definition of apostrophes

Lecture 21 How to use apostrophes to make contractions

Lecture 22 How to use apostrophes to with single nouns

Lecture 23 How to use apostrophes with plural nouns

Lecture 24 How to use apostrophes when two or more nouns posses the same thing

Lecture 25 Do not use apostrophes with possessive nouns

Lecture 26 Do not use an apostrophe to form a plural

Section 6: Punctuation Within Sentences : Bracket

Lecture 27 How to use bracket correctly

Lecture 28 Using brackets in quotes

Lecture 29 Using brackets with parenthesis

Section 7: Punctuation Within Sentences : Colon

Lecture 30 Definition of colon

Lecture 31 History of colon

Lecture 32 Purpose of colon

Lecture 33 Use and Misuse of colon

Lecture 34 Linking equal ideas

Section 8: Punctuation Within Sentences : Comma

Lecture 35 What is comma

Lecture 36 In a series

Lecture 37 After an introductory clause

Lecture 38 To set of phrases

Section 9: Punctuation Within Sentences: Dash

Lecture 39 What is dash

Lecture 40 Origins of dash

Lecture 41 The En Dash

Lecture 42 The Em dash

Lecture 43 Thought on the dash

Section 10: Punctuation Within Sentences : Diacritic Marks

Lecture 44 Purpose of diacritic marks

Lecture 45 Diacritic mark in English

Lecture 46 Diacritic in foreign language

Section 11: Punctuation Within Sentences : Ellipsis

Lecture 47 Examples and observation

Lecture 48 original sentence

Lecture 49 More tips on using ellipsis points

Section 12: Punctuation Within Sentences : Parenthesis

Lecture 50 Definition and origin of parenthesis

Lecture 51 Using parenthesis correctly

Section 13: Punctuation Within Sentence : Quotation Marks

Lecture 52 What is quotation marks

Lecture 53 Direct quotation

Lecture 54 Quotation within quotation

Lecture 55 Other marks of punctuation within quotation

Section 14: Punctuation Within Sentence : Semi Colon

Lecture 56 Rules and usage

Lecture 57 How to use semi colon

Section 15: Spacing And Break : Paragraph breaks

Lecture 58 What is paragraph breaks

Lecture 59 Using paragraph breaks correctly

Lecture 60 Thought on paragraph breaks

Section 16: Spacing And Breaks : Whites Spaces And Spacing

Lecture 61 Definition of spacing

Lecture 62 Spacing as punctuation

Lecture 63 The rhetoric of spacing

Section 17: Typography

Lecture 64 Ampersands

Lecture 65 Asterisks

Lecture 66 Bullets

Lecture 67 Emoticons and emojis

Lecture 68 Slashes

Lecture 69 Strike through

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