X. Punctuation (Chapters 39-45)

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Examples of European punctuation conventions (p. 459) Online help for using question marks (p. 450) Using the comma for rhetorical effect (p. 465) How to avoid overusing colons (p. 475) Entertaining examples of misused quotation marks (p. 484) Three ways to punctuate asides (p. 488)

Audio

Audio: Punctuating indirect questions (p. 461) Audio: Do not insert a comma between subject and predicate (p. 469) Audio: Using a semicolon between balanced clauses (p. 473) Audio: When to use a colon to introduce a list (p. 474) Audio: It's versus its (p. 479) Audio: Using quotation marks with questions marks (p. 483)

Video

Video: Exploring end punctuation (p. 462) Video: Exploring other punctuation marks (p. 485)

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Exercises

Exercise 39.1 Exercise 39.2 Exercise 40.1 Exercise 40.2 Exercise 40.3 Exercise 40.4 Exercise 41.1 Exercise 42.1 Exercise 43.1 Exercise 44.1 Exercise 45.1

Flash Exercises

Glossary of Usage

Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Use

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