Writing with Proper Punctuation

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Mignon Fogarty

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01 Introduction

001 Punctuation helps your readers.mp4

00:37

02 Apostrophes

001 How to use apostrophes for possessives.mp4

02:07

002 How to use apostrophes for contractions.mp4

02:46

003 When to use apostrophes for plurals.mp4

01:11

03 Commas

001 How to use commas after an introductory element.mp4

01:30

002 How to use commas between main clauses.mp4

01:28

003 When to use the Oxford or serial comma.mp4

02:07

004 When to use commas with dependent clauses.mp4

02:07

005 How to use commas with nonrestrictive clauses.mp4

02:03

006 How to use commas with names.mp4

01:45

04 Hyphens

001 How to use hyphens in compound modifiers.mp4

01:47

002 When to use hyphens with prefixes.mp4

01:08

003 When to use suspensive hyphens.mp4

01:03

05 Question Marks

001 How to use question marks in wondering sentences.mp4

00:43

002 How to use questions marks with rhetorical questions.mp4

01:11

06 Quotation Marks

001 How to combine quotation marks with periods and commas.mp4

01:54

002 How to mix quotation marks with question marks.mp4

01:17

003 How to mix quotation marks with other punctuation.mp4

00:39

004 How to use ellipses in quotations.mp4

01:33

07 Semicolons

001 How to use semicolons to join main clauses.mp4

01:01

002 How to use semicolons in complicated lists.mp4

01:08

08 Other

001 How to use parentheses.mp4

03:21

002 How to use periods with abbreviations.mp4

01:43

003 How to use asterisks.mp4

01:33

004 How to use colons.mp4

01:53

005 How to use dashes.mp4

01:28

09 Conclusion

001 Next steps.mp4

00:55

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Help your readers understand your writing easily and fully by leveraging the basics of good punctuation. In this course, instructor Mignon Fogarty, better known as Grammar Girl, shows you how. First, she introduces the apostrophe and how it is used to show ownership, make contractions, and occasionally form plurals. Next, Mignon dives into the many uses of commas, including after an introductory element, between different clauses, and as a serial comma. Learn how to use hyphens in compound modifiers, with prefixes, and as a suspensive hyphen. Find out how to use question marks in different types of questions. Explore how to use quotation marks with commas and periods, as well as with other punctuation marks. After this, Mignon walks you through using semicolons to join main clauses and in complicated lists. She also covers parentheses, abbreviations, asterisks, colons, and dashes, and more.

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