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Flashcards by Noelis Acosta Cervantes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Noelis Acosta Cervantes
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| PUNCTUATION | members: Acosta Cervantes Noelis Navarro Piedrahita Ruth Puerta Carrillo Jessica |
| THE COLON When hours and minutes are expressed in figures, separate them with colon. No space precedes or follows this colon. | Examples: 8:25 a.m. 6:40 p.m. 9:15 p.m. |
| A colon is used to represent the word “to” in proportions: | Example of proportions: 2:1 |
| In business letters, use a colon after the salutation. In social letters, use a comma. | Examples: Gentlemen: Dear Mr. Stone: Dear Aunt Helen, |
| THE DASH Use dashes in place of commas to set off a nonessential element that requires special emphasis. Do not leave a space before or after the dash. | Example: At this year’s banquet, the speakers—and the food—were superb. |
| To give special emphasis to the second independent clause in a compound sentence, use a dash rather than a comma before the coordinating conjunction. | Example: The information I sent you is true—and you know it! |
| Use dashes instead of parentheses when you want to give the nonessential element strong emphasis. | Example: Call Susan Dickson—she’s with Telecom—and get her opinion. |
| Use a dash to show an abrupt break in thought or to separate an afterthought from the main part of a sentence. Do not leave space before or after the dash. | Examples: I wish you would—Oh, forget it. Victoria’s plane will be landing in Barranquilla—or did she say Santa Marta? Don’t believe him—ever! NOT: Don’t believe him – ever! |
| PARENTHESES. Parentheses and dashes serve many of the same functions, but they differ in one significant respect: parentheses can set off only nonessential elements, where as dashes can set off essential and nonessential elements. | Examples: Remember: In setting off elements, dashes emphasize; parentheses de-emphasize. In three of our factories (Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena) sales have gone up. |
| With references: | This point is discussed in Chapter 7(see pages 93 to 102). |
| With dates: | The “Sin On” Bible (1716) got its name from an extraordinary typographical error: instead of counseling the readers to “sin no more”, it urged them to “sin on more.” |
| With enumerated items within a sentence: | We need the following information to complete our record of Ms. Lee’s experience (1) the number of years she worked for your company, (2) a description of her duties, and (39 the number of promotions she received. |
| Note: Letters are used to enumerate items within a sentence when the sentence itself is part of a numbered sequence. 3. Please include these items on your expense account (a) the cost of your hotel room; (b) the cost of meals, including tips; and (c) the amount you spent on transportation. | Note: If the item in parentheses is to be incorporated at the end of a sentence, place the punctuation needed to end the sentence outside the closing parentheses. Please hand in your typing work by Monday (August 10). How can I reach John Blacksmith (he teaches at the Colombo)? |
| Do not use a period before the closing parenthesis except with an abbreviation. | Example: Our office is open late on Thursdays (until 9 p.m.). |
| THE UNDERSCORE. Underscoring in typewritten material is the counterpart of italic type in printed material. | Examples: The word quay is pronounced exactly the same as key. The word quay is pronounced exactly the same as key. |
| Thank you for your attention |
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