OA 110 - Business English

Punctuation marks provide visual clues to readers, telling them how they should read the sentence. Punctuation marks tell you not only when a sentence ends, but also what kind of sentence you have read. Punctuation can help a reader determine tone or voice of the writing. This chapter covers different types of punctuation and the meanings they convey.

Module Outcomes:

• Identify the uses of commas.
• Correctly use commas in sentences.
• Identify the uses of semicolons.
• Properly use semicolons in sentences.
• Identify the uses of colons.
• Properly use colons in sentences.
• Identify the uses of quotes.
• Correctly use quotes in sentences.
• Identify the uses of apostrophes.
• Correctly use apostrophes in sentences.
• Identify the uses of parentheses.
• Properly use parentheses in sentences.
• Identify the uses of dashes.
• Correctly use dashes in sentences
• Identify the uses of hyphens.
• Properly use hyphens in sentences.