Punctuation
Websites
Books
Chapters
- Better punctuation
How to Write Essays & Assignments by Kathleen McMillan and Jonathan Weyers. 2nd edn. (2011) - Punctuation
Academic Writing : A Handbook for International Students by Stephen Bailey. 5th edn. (2017) - Punctuation
The Business Student’s Handbook by Sheila Cameron. 6th edn. (2016) - Punctuation
The Student’s Guide to Writing by John Peck and Martin Coyle. 3rd edn. (2012) - Punctuation basics
Writing Up Your University Assignments And Research Projects by Neil Murray and Geraldine Hughes (2008)
Punctuation marks
| , | ; | : |
| comma | semicolon | colon |
| . | ! | ? |
| 💂 full stop 🤠 period |
💂 exclamation mark 🤠 exclamation point |
question mark |
| / | ( ) | [ ] |
| slash | 💂 brackets 🤠 parentheses |
💂 square brackets 🤠 brackets |
| ’ | ‘ ’ | “ ” |
| apostrophe | single quotes | double quotes |
| - | — | ... |
| hyphen (joins words) |
dash (splits sentence) |
ellipsis |
| * | & | · |
| asterisk | ampersand | bullet (in lists) |