Punctuation and Mechanics

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Punctuation

End Punctuation Commas Commas with Introductory Elements Commas with Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses Commas with Expressions Commas with Items in a Series Commas with Some Adjectives Commas in Special Cases Punctuation with Quotation Marks Semicolons and Colons Semicolons to Separate Main Clauses Semicolons with Conjunctive Adverbs Semicolons with Items in a Series Colons Apostrophes Apostrophes with Possessive Nouns Apostrophes with Contractions Dashes Parentheses () and Brackets [] Quoting Texts and Source Information Quotation Marks in Special Cases Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation

Capitalizing Proper Names, Titles, and Subtitles

Capitalizing in Direct Quotations

Appropriate Abbreviations

Numbers in Writing

Spelling

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