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Introduction Punctuation marks Ye Zhaoqing September 11, 2010 References books Step to Writing Well, Jean Wyrick, Peking University Press 实用英语修辞，吕煦， 清华大学出版社 体验英语写作1、2，杨永林， 高等教育出版社 Write a paragraph of at least 10 sentences to introduce yourself. Use as many punctuation marks as you can. punctuation Make you life complicated? Clarify your thoughts; guide the reader through the prose Example: 1.Has the tiger been fed Bill? 2.After we had finished raking the dog jumped into the piles of leaves. 3.The coach called the swimmers names. Period (.) End a sentence that makes a statement. End a sentence that makes a request or command. After initials and abbreviations Question mark (?) After every direct question. No question mark after an indirect question. Exclamation point (!) Follow words, phrases, or sentences to show strong feelings Exercise The space program sent some cows into orbit last year I think they are now known as the herd traveling around the world. Ms Anita Bath wants to know why erasers never outlast their pencils? Her French class as St Claire’s School on First Ave was taught by Madame Beau V Rhee, Ph.D.. Where do all the birds go when it’s raining I have wonderful news I won the lottery Comma (,) Use a comma to separate two independent clauses by coordinating conjunctions FANBOYS—for, and, nor, but, or, yet , so. comma splice: Mary washes the dishes, Samantha mops the floor. Jack doesn’t like singing groups, he won’t go with us to the concert. The police arrested the thief, however, they had to release him because of lack of evidence. Comma (,) Conjunctive adverbs, such as “however,” “moreover,” “thus,” “consequently,” and “therefore,” are used to show continuity and are frequently set off by commas when they appear in midsentence. e.g. She soon discovered, however, that he had already left. She felt, consequently, that he was not trustworthy. Comma (,) Separate items in a series of words, phrases and clauses. e.g. Julio collects