Punctuation

[NOT FINISHED YET] Punctuation used to separate various parts of written language units. There are various types of punctuation that have different functions.

Period (.)

• to end a sentence

Example: I went to Manhattan last month.

• to indicate abbreviations

Example: 127 lbs.

• to indicate courtesy titles

Example: Mr. Anderson

• to indicate initials of a name

Example: W. A. Mozart

• to separate the decimal part of a number

Example: 3.5 GPA

Comma (,)

• to separate items in a list of three or more

Example: I love chocolate, ice cream and flowers.

• to connect two or more independent clauses in a sentence

Example: We ran out of groceries, so I went to the store.

• to set apart non-restrictive relative clauses

Example: The baker, whose name was Jacob, gave us free donuts last weekend.

• to set apart nonessential appositives

Example: Her brother, Colin, came to the party last night.

References

Olson, Gary. (1999). Punctuation made simple. University of South Florida.

Taufiqur R. (2018). Teks dalam kajian struktur dan kebahasaan. CV Pilar Nusantara.