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2. English punctuation - Wikipedia

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   English punctuation. Punctuation in the English language helps the reader to understand a sentence through visual means other than just the letters of the alphabet. [1] English punctuation has two complementary aspects: phonological punctuation, linked to how the sentence can be read aloud, particularly to pausing; [2] and grammatical ...

3. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   English grammar is the set of structural rules of the English language.This includes the structure of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and whole texts.. This article describes a generalized, present-day Standard English – a form of speech and writing used in public discourse, including broadcasting, education, entertainment, government, and news, over a range of registers, from formal to ...

4. Punctuation - Wikipedia

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   Punctuation includes space between words and the other, historically or currently used, signs. By the 19th century, the punctuation marks were used hierarchically in terms of their weight. [3] Six marks, proposed in 1966 by the French author Hervé Bazin, could be seen as predecessors of emoticons and emojis.

5. Practical English Usage - Wikipedia

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   Practical English Usage. Practical English Usage is a standard reference book aimed at foreign learners of English and their teachers written by Michael Swan . Published by Oxford University Press, it has sold over 2 million copies since the first edition was published in 1980. [1] A new, and greatly extended second edition was published in 1995.

6. Sentence spacing in language and style guides - Wikipedia

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   In the 1990s, style guides reverted to recommending a single-space between sentences. However, instead of a slightly larger sentence space, style guides simply indicated a standard word space. This is now the convention for publishers. Style guides are important to writers since "virtually all professional editors work closely with one of them ...

7. Full stop - Wikipedia

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   Full stops are the most commonly used punctuation marks; analysis of texts indicate that approximately half of all punctuation marks used are full stops. Ending sentences. Full stops indicate the end of sentences that are not questions or exclamations. After initials. It is usual in North American English to use full stops after initials; e.g. A.