We found 48 examples of how to use punctuation in an English sentence.
Sentences 1 to 25 of 48.
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| 1. | In English there is a choice between closed and open punctuation; in the former, the writer uses all punctuation that can legitimately be used, whereas in the latter the writer leaves out all punctuation that can be left out without creating ambiguity. | |
| 2. | German punctuation is pedantic, English punctuation is chaotic, and for Esperanto Dr. Zamenhof suggested we look towards our mother tongue as a guideline. Go figure! | |
| 3. | The Canadian government’s guide to writing says that the role of punctuation is to clarify, and "this principle takes precedence over all precepts governing the use of individual marks of punctuation." | |
| 4. | According to the Canadian government "punctuation should be as consistent as possible within a given text". That would mean that one and the same writer may use a different style of punctuation in a different text on another occasion. | |
| 5. | You must be more careful about spelling and punctuation. | |
| 6. | You can add sentences that you do not know how to translate. Perhaps someone else will know! Please do not forget capital letters and punctuation! Thank you. | |
| 7. | Please change the punctuation. | |
| 8. | The sentences "Let's eat grandpa." and "Let's eat, grandpa." are only one proof that punctuation can change a lot. | |
| 9. | Native French speakers often add spaces before punctuation in other languages even though it is usually incorrect. | |
| 10. | Dr. Zamenhof didn't give us any rules for the use of punctuation in Esperanto, because he well knew what a bone of contention that would be. | |
| 11. | Has anyone noticed that in Esperanto grammars they never talk about punctuation? | |
| 12. | I corrected the punctuation somewhat, but not rigorously, because that is less important in belles-lettres. | |
| 13. | Punctuation finds no need where words are confined in familiar groups. | |
| 14. | The purpose of punctuation is to help the reader. | |
| 15. | "The semantic subject of this sentence is 'this sentence,' but its grammatical subject is 'the semantic subject of this sentence'" is an example of a sentence benefitting from punctuation. | |
| 16. | You may also add sentences that you can't translate yourself. Perhaps someone else can! Also, please don't forget capitalization and punctuation! Many thanks! | |
| 17. | My punctuation isn't perfect. | |
| 18. | Please do not forget capital letters and punctuation! | |
| 19. | Punctuation helps to show grammatical relationships and, at least in English, is also used to indicate intonation. | |
| 20. | Tom's teacher told him to pay more attention to his punctuation. | |
| 21. | The meaning of the sentences changes when you change the punctuation. | |
| 22. | The semicolon is the most feared punctuation on earth. | |
| 23. | The German professor said that at some point I should get acquainted with German punctuation, but after fifty years it is still on my to-do list. | |
| 24. | The punctuation in this text is all wrong. | |
| 25. | Please do not forget capital letters and punctuation! Thank you! |